On the development of summer thunderstorms in the city of São Paulo: Mean meteorological characteristics and pollution effect

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 96, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 477-488

  Morales Rodriguez, Carlos A ^a   da Rocha, Rosmeri P ^a   Bombardi, Rodrigo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diurnal cycle; Pollution; Precipitation; Thunderstorms

Indexed keywords

AIR; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; COASTAL ZONES; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; POLLUTION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RADIOSONDES; RAIN; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; THUNDERSTORMS;

AEROSOL CHARACTERISTICS; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AEROSOL ROBOTIC NETWORKS; DIURNAL CYCLE; METEOROLOGICAL STATION; NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTIONS; RADIOSONDE OBSERVATIONS; WIND VELOCITY AND DIRECTION;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AMPLITUDE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BAROCLINIC MOTION; DIURNAL VARIATION; LIGHTNING; PARTICLE SIZE; RAINFALL; SEA BREEZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SUMMER; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; THUNDERSTORM; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; WIND DIRECTION; WIND FIELD; WIND VELOCITY;

BRAZIL; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL];

EID: 77952317047     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2010.02.007     Document Type: Article

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