The convective system area expansion over Amazonia and its relationships with convective system life duration and high-level wind divergence

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 714-725

  Machado, Luiz Augusto T ^a   Laurent, Henri ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ESTUDOS AVANÇADOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CONDENSATION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; HOT WEATHER PROBLEMS; WIND EFFECTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITES; TROPICAL CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; DIURNAL VARIATION; DIVERGENCE; GOES; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; ZONAL WIND;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 1842786458     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2004)132<0714:TCSAEO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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