The role of the Amazon Basin moisture in the atmospheric branch of the hydrological cycle: A Lagrangian analysis

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 2577-2598

  Drumond, A ^a   Marengo, J ^b   Ambrizzi, T ^c   Nieto, R ^a   Moreira, L ^d   Gimeno, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BUDGET CONTROL; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MOISTURE;

FORWARD-AND-BACKWARD; HYDROLOGICAL BUDGETS; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLES; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION;

TROPICS;

EL NINO; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; EVAPORATION; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; MOISTURE TRANSFER; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); WATER BUDGET;

AMAZON BASIN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 84904299413     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-18-2577-2014     Document Type: Article

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