Serial upstream-propagating mesoscale convective system events over southeastern South America

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 136, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 3087-3105

  Anabor, Vagner ^a   Stensrud, David J ^b   De Moraes, Osvaldo L L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

^b NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; COASTAL ZONES; FLOW PATTERNS; LANTHANUM; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TURBULENT FLOW; WIND POWER;

AMAZON REGION; COMPLEX ENVIRONMENTS; CONVECTIVE AVAILABLE POTENTIAL ENERGY; CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS; ENTRANCE REGION; MEAN WINDS; MESO-SCALE; MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS; MOISTURE ADVECTION; RE-ANALYSIS; RIVER BASINS; SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH AMERICA; SYNOPTIC CONDITIONS; UNITED STATES; WARM ADVECTION;

RIVERS;

ADVECTION; ANTICYCLONE; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ANDES; LA PLATA BASIN; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 53249155034     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007MWR2334.1     Document Type: Article

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