Amazon hydrology from space: scientific advances and future challenges

AC Fassoni‐Andrade, AS Fleischmann… - Reviews of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
As the largest river basin on Earth, the Amazon is of major importance to the world's climate
and water resources. Over the past decades, advances in satellite‐based remote sensing …

Regimes de precipitação na América do Sul: uma revisão bibliográfica

MS Reboita, MA Gan, RP Rocha… - Revista brasileira de …, 2010 - SciELO Brasil
Como a América do Sul se estende por diferentes latitudes e possui formas de relevo
variadas, proporciona a atuação e o desenvolvimento de diferentes sistemas atmosféricos …

Where are the lightning hotspots on Earth?

RI Albrecht, SJ Goodman, DE Buechler… - Bulletin of the …, 2016 - journals.ametsoc.org
Previous total lightning climatology studies using Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission
(TRMM) Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) observations were reported at coarse resolution …

The diurnal cycle in the tropics

GY Yang, J Slingo - Monthly Weather Review, 2001 - journals.ametsoc.org
A global archive of high-resolution (3-hourly, 0.5° latitude–longitude grid) window (11–12 μ
m) brightness temperature (T b) data from multiple satellites is being developed by the …

Toward a unified view of the American monsoon systems

C Vera, W Higgins, J Amador, T Ambrizzi… - Journal of …, 2006 - journals.ametsoc.org
An important goal of the Climate Variability and Predictability (CLIVAR) research on the
American monsoon systems is to determine the sources and limits of predictability of warm …

The climate of the Altiplano: observed current conditions and mechanisms of past changes

R Garreaud, M Vuille, AC Clement - Palaeogeography, palaeoclimatology …, 2003 - Elsevier
The large-scale controls on the climate of the South American Altiplano are investigated
using local observations, reanalysis data and general circulation model experiments. The …

[HTML][HTML] The diurnal cycle of rainfall and convective intensity according to three years of TRMM measurements

SW Nesbitt, EJ Zipser - Journal of Climate, 2003 - journals.ametsoc.org
The Diurnal Cycle of Rainfall and Convective Intensity according to Three Years of TRMM
Measurements in: Journal of Climate Volume 16 Issue 10 (2003) Jump to Content Jump to Main …

[HTML][HTML] The diurnal cycle and its depiction in the Community Climate System Model

A Dai, KE Trenberth - Journal of Climate, 2004 - journals.ametsoc.org
The Diurnal Cycle and Its Depiction in the Community Climate System Model in: Journal of
Climate Volume 17 Issue 5 (2004) Jump to Content Jump to Main Navigation Logo Logo Logo …

Global precipitation and thunderstorm frequencies. Part II: Diurnal variations

A Dai - Journal of Climate, 2001 - journals.ametsoc.org
Three-hourly present weather reports from∼ 15 000 stations around the globe and from the
Comprehensive Ocean–Atmosphere Data Set from 1975 to 1997 were analyzed for diurnal …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of Caatinga response to drought using Meteosat-SEVIRI normalized difference vegetation index (2008–2016)

HA Barbosa, TVL Kumar, F Paredes, S Elliott… - ISPRS Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
The Caatinga semi-arid vegetation in Northeast region of Brazil (NEB) provides a unique
opportunity for studying the vegetation in response to recurring droughts, because of its …