A quick look at the 2012 record flood in the Amazon Basin

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1396-1401

  Satyamurty, Prakki ^a   Da Costa, Claudia Priscila Wanzeler ^a   Manzi, Antonio Ocimar ^b   Candido, Luiz Antonio ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DO AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon Basin; moisture convergence

Indexed keywords

AMAZON BASIN; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; MOISTURE CONVERGENCE; NORTH ATLANTIC; RAINY SEASONS; RECORD VALUES; RIVER LEVELS; SOUTH ATLANTIC;

CLIMATOLOGY; MOISTURE; RAIN; WATER LEVELS;

FLOODS;

CLIMATOLOGY; FLOODING; LA NINA; MOISTURE FLUX; RAINFALL; SEASONALITY; WATER LEVEL;

AMAZON BASIN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); RIO NEGRO [SOUTH AMERICA];

EID: 84876911784     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50245     Document Type: Article

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