Influence of cold air intrusions on the wet season onset over Amazonia

Journal of Climate

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 257-275

  Li, Wenhong ^a   Fu, Rong ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FORECASTING; KINETIC ENERGY; TROPOSPHERE; WIND; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BUOYANCY; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN;

ANTICYCLONIC FLOW; COLD AIR INTRUSIONS; RAINFALL CLIMATOLOGY; WET SEASON; WIND TRANSPORTS; EXTRATROPICAL COLD AIR; RAINY AREA; THERMODYNAMIC STRUCTURE;

CLIMATOLOGY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

COLD AIR; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; THERMODYNAMICS; WET SEASON;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA; BRAZIL;

EID: 33644666220     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3614.1     Document Type: Article

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