Cloud streets and land-water interactions in the Amazon

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 201-211

  da Silva, Renato Ramos ^a,b   Gandu, Adilson W ^c   Sá, Leonardo D A ^d   Dias, Maria A F Silva ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Caxiuan ; COBRA PARA; Latent flux; LES; Roll vortices

Indexed keywords

AIR-SOIL INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; DATA SET; FIELD SURVEY; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; LATENT HEAT FLUX; NUMERICAL MODEL; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRADE WIND; TURBULENCE; VORTICITY; WIND SHEAR; WIND STRESS;

AMAZON BASIN;

EID: 80052271970     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-011-9580-4     Document Type: Article

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