Influence of local circulations on wind, moisture, and precipitation close to Manaus city, Amazon region, Brazil

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 13,233-13,249

  dos Santos, Mercel J ^a   Dias, Maria A F Silva ^a   Freitas, Edmilson D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRFLOW; MOISTURE TRANSFER; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN CLIMATE; WIND FIELD;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; AMAZONIA; BRAZIL; MANAUS;

EID: 84919623162     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD021969     Document Type: Article

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