Reduced precipitation over large water bodies in the Brazilian Amazon shown from TRMM data

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Paiva, Rodrigo Cauduro Dias ^a   Buarque, Diogo Costa ^a   Clarke, Robin T ^a   Collischonn, Walter ^a   Allasia, Daniel Gustavo ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN GAGES; RESERVOIRS (WATER);

AMAZONIAN REGION; ANNUAL RAINFALL; BRAZILIAN AMAZON; DIURNAL RAINFALL; LARGE RIVERS; RAINFALL PATTERNS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TIME INTERVAL; TRMM 3B42; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASUREMENT MISSIONS; WATERBODIES;

RAIN;

ANNUAL VARIATION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AMAZON RIVER; AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BALBINA RESERVOIR; BRAZIL;

EID: 79952139767     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL045277     Document Type: Article

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