Synoptic environment associated with heavy rainfall events on the coastland of Northeast Brazil

Northeast Brazil (NEB) has an extensive coastal area, often hit by natural disasters that bring many social and economic losses. The objective of this work was to study the synoptic environment associated with a heavy rainfall event (HRE) on the coastland of NEB. We used daily rainfall data for coas...

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Main Authors: P. T. Oliveira, K. C. Lima, C. M. Santos e Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2013-07-01
Series:Advances in Geosciences
Online Access:http://www.adv-geosci.net/35/73/2013/adgeo-35-73-2013.pdf