Rainy-season duration estimated from OLR versus rain gauge data and the 2001 drought in Southeast Brazil

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1493-1499

  Franchito, Sergio H ^a   Rao, V Brahmanada ^a   Barbieri, Paulo R B ^b   Santo, Clovis M E ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b Fund Cearense Meteorologia R   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; ENERGY POLICY; GAGES; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; RAIN;

AUSTRAL SUMMERS; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES; ENERGY CRISES; OUTGOING LONGWAVE RADIATIONS; PRECIPITATION DEFICITS; RAIN GAUGES; RAINFALL DATUMS; RAINY SEASONS; SOUTHEAST BRAZILS;

RISK PERCEPTION;

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DATA PROCESSING; ESTIMATION METHOD; LONGWAVE RADIATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINGAUGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONALITY; SUMMER;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 57649155192     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JAMC1717.1     Document Type: Article

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