Changes in extreme daily rainfall for São Paulo, Brazil

Climatic Change

Volumn 116, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 705-722

  Silva Dias, Maria A F ^a   Dias, Juliana ^b   Carvalho, Leila M V ^c   Freitas, Edmilson D ^a   Silva Dias, Pedro L ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d LABORATÓRIO NACIONAL DE COMPUTAÇÃO CIENTÍFICA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; DROUGHT; OCEANOGRAPHY; RAIN; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE WATERS; URBAN GROWTH;

CLIMATIC INDEX; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; DAILY RAINFALL; DRY SEASONS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); TOTAL VARIANCE; URBAN HEAT ISLAND; WET SEASON;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

BRAZIL; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL];

EID: 84872654383     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-012-0504-7     Document Type: Article

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