Moisture budget of the bimodal pattern of the summer circulation over South America

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 20, 2002, Pages LBA-42-1-LBA-42-10

  Herdies, Dirceu L ^a,b,d   Da Silva, Arlindo ^b   Silva Dias, Maria A F ^c   Ferreira, Rosana Nieto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

3337 Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics: Numerical modeling and data assimilation; 3364 Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics: Synoptic scale meteorology; 3374 Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics: Tropical meteorology

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); TROPOSPHERE; WIND EFFECTS;

MOISTURE CONTENT; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; TROPOSPHERE; WESTERLY; WET SEASON;

AMAZON BASIN; ARGENTINA; BRAZIL; PARAGUAY; RONDONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 36448929502     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD000997     Document Type: Article

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