Aerial rivers and lakes: Looking at large-scale moisture transport and its relation to Amazonia and to subtropical rainfall in South America

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 543-556

  Arraut, Josefina Moraes ^a   Nobre, Carlos ^a   Barbosa, Henrique M J ^b   Obregon, Guillermo ^a   Marengo, José ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon region; Moisture moisture budget; Rainfall; South America; Transport

Indexed keywords

AMAZON REGION; AMAZONIA; DRY SEASONS; EQUIVALENT SPEED; MOISTURE FLOW; MOISTURE TRANSPORT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRECIPITABLE WATER; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVERS AND LAKES; SOUTH AMERICA; TRADE WINDS; TRANSPORT; VERTICALLY INTEGRATED MOISTURE TRANSPORTS;

DROUGHT; LAKES; MOISTURE; RAIN; RIVERS;

TROPICS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; EVAPORATION; MOISTURE TRANSFER; RAINFALL; RIVER DISCHARGE; TRADE WIND; WIND FORCING;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 84856976209     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011JCLI4189.1     Document Type: Article

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