Heavy rainfall episodes in the eastern northeast brazil linked to large-scale ocean-atmosphere conditions in the tropical atlantic

Advances in Meteorology

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Kouadio, Yves K ^a,b   Servain, Jacques ^b,c   MacHado, Luiz A T ^d   Lentini, Carlos A D ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ FÉLIX HOUPHOUËT BOIGNY   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^b Fundação Cearense de Meteorologia e Recursos Hídricos FUNCEME   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

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EID: 84874864020     PISSN: 16879309     EISSN: 16879317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/369567     Document Type: Article

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