Seasonal and diurnal variability of convection over the Amazonia: A comparison of different vegetation types and large scale forcing

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 78, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 61-77

  Machado, Luiz A T ^a   Laurent, Henri ^b,c   Dessay, Nadine ^b,c   Miranda, Ieso ^c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c INSTITUTO DE ESTUDOS AVANÇADOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CONVECTION; DIURNAL VARIATION; RAINFOREST; SEASONAL VARIATION; VEGETATION COVER;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 3042782739     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-004-0044-9     Document Type: Article

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