The life cycle of the South American monsoon system

Journal of Climate

Volumn 21, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 6227-6246

  Raia, Adma ^a,b   de Albuquerque Cavalcanti, Iracema Fonseca ^b  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; GROUNDWATER; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; SOIL MOISTURE;

AMAZONIA; ATLANTIC OCEANS; FRONTAL SYSTEMS; INTER-ANNUAL VARIABILITIES; INTRASEASONAL VARIABILITIES; LOW FREQUENCIES; MOISTURE FLUXES; MONSOON ONSETS; MONSOON REGIMES; MONSOON SYSTEMS; RAINY SEASONS; SAMS; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTH ATLANTIC; SOUTHEAST BRAZILS; VERTICAL MOTIONS; WIND DIRECTIONS; ZONAL WINDS;

LIFE CYCLE;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC FRONT; HUMIDITY; MONSOON; SOIL MOISTURE; WIND DIRECTION; ZONAL WIND;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 60749127573     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JCLI2249.1     Document Type: Article

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