Rainfall variability in the rainy season of semiarid zone of Northeast Brazil (NEB) and its relation to wind regime

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 493-512

  De Lima Moscati, Marley Cavalcante ^a   Gan, Manoel Alonso ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

850 hPa wind indexes; Northeast Brazil; Rainfall Index; Semiarid

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; BRAZIL; CLIMATOLOGY; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND;

MERIDIONAL INDEX (MI); RAINFALL INDEX (RI); ZONAL INDEX (ZI);

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ANNUAL CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CLIMATE VARIATION; RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEMIARID REGION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; WIND;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34047219155     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1408     Document Type: Article

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