A climatology of warm-season mesoscale convective complexes in subtropical South America

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 418-431

  Durkee, Joshua D ^a   Mote, Thomas L ^b  

^a WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climatology; Mesoscale convective complex; South america

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CONCENTRATION OF; LONG LASTING; MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE COMPLEXES; PARAGUAY; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHERN BRAZIL; WARM SEASONS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLOUD; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEASONALITY;

ANDES; ARGENTINA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BRAZIL; PARAGUAY;

EID: 76849085078     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1893     Document Type: Article

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