Intraseasonal large-scale circulations and mesoscale convective activity in tropical South America during the TRMM-LBA campaign

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 20, 2002, Pages

  Carvalho, Leila M V ^a,b   Jones, Charles ^b   Silva Dias, Maria A F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

3329 Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics: Mesoscale meteorology; 3374 Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics: Tropical meteorology; Infrared images; Intraseasonal variations; Mesoscale convective systems; South American Monsoon System; Summertime convection

Indexed keywords

EID: 36448973156     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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