A lagrangian identification of the main sources of moisture affecting northeastern Brazil during its pre-rainy and rainy seasons

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Drumond, Anita ^a   Nieto, Raquel ^a   Trigo, Ricardo ^b,c   Ambrizzi, Tercio ^d   Souza, Everaldo ^e   Gimeno, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSIDADE LUSÓFONA DE HUMANIDADES E TECNOLOGIAS   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMIDITY; LAGRANGIAN METHOD; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOISTURE; OCEANIC REGIONS; PRECIPITATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED STATES; SEASON; THEORETICAL MODEL;

RAIN;

BRAZIL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RAIN; SEASONS;

EID: 77955383466     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011205     Document Type: Article

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