Extreme summer convection in South America

Journal of Climate

Volumn 23, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 3761-3791

  Romatschke, Ulrike ^a,b   Houze Jr , Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMAZON BASIN; CENTRAL ANDES; CONVERGENCE ZONES; DIURNAL CYCLE; EASTERN EDGE; LEADING EDGE; LOW LEVEL JET; MIDLATITUDES; NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHES; NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTIONS; PRECIPITATION RADAR; REANALYSIS; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTH ATLANTIC; SQUALL LINES; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSIONS;

CLIMATOLOGY; COASTAL ZONES; RAIN; STORMS; TROPICS;

RAIN GAGES;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; EXTREME EVENT; SQUALL LINE; STRATIFORM CLOUD; SUMMER;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 77958102073     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JCLI3465.1     Document Type: Article

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