A case study of convective organization into precipitating lines in the Southwest Amazon during the WETAMC and TRMM-LBA

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 20, 2002, Pages LBA-46-1-LBA-46-23

  Silva Dias, M A F ^a   Petersen, W ^b   Silva Dias, P L ^a   Cifelli, R ^b   Betts, A K ^c   Longo, M ^a   Gomes, A M ^d   Fisch, G F ^e   Lima, M A ^d   Antonio, M A ^d   Albrecht, R I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^c Atmospheric Research   (United States)

^d SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^e Institute of Space Activities   (United States)

Author keywords

0315 Atmospheric Composition and Structure: Biosphere atmosphere interactions; 3307 Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics: Boundary layer processes; 3314 Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics: Convective processes

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORESTATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RADIOSONDES; RAIN;

DEFORESTATION; DOPPLER RADAR; METEOROLOGY; RADIOSONDE; RAINFALL; TOPOGRAPHY;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 36448950225     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD000375     Document Type: Article

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