Radar-observed spatial and temporal rainfall variability near the tapajós-amazon confluence;Variabilidade espacial e temporal da precipitação observada com o radar na confluencia do tapajós e amazonas

Revista Brasileira de Meteorologia

Volumn 29, Issue , 2014, Pages 23-30

  Cohen, Julia Clarinda Paiva ^a   Fitzjarrald, David Roy ^b   D'Oliveira, Flávio Augusto Farias ^a   Saraiva, Ivan ^c   Barbosa, Illelson Rafael da Silva ^a   Gandu, Adilson Wagner ^d   Kuhn, Paulo Afonso ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c Universidade Luterana do Brasil   (Brazil)

^d Fundacao Cearense de Meteorologia e Recursos Hidricos   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Instability Lines; Precipitation; River Breeze

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921776429     PISSN: 01027786     EISSN: 19824351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/0102-778620130058     Document Type: Article

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