Drizzle and fog analysis in the São Paulo Metropolitan Area: Changes 1933-2005 and correlations with other climate factors

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Volumn 139, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 61-76

  Gonçalves, Fábio Luiz Teixeira ^a   da Rocha, Rosmeri Porfirio ^a   Fernandes, Gilca Palma ^b   Petto Jr , Sérgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Climatempo   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Drizzle; Fog; Megacity; S o Paulo; Urban climatology

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; DRIZZLE; FOG; MEGACITY; METROPOLITAN AREA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; URBAN CLIMATE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BRAZIL; PACIFIC OCEAN; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL]; SAO PAULO [SAO PAULO (STT)]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 52649174764     PISSN: 00139998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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