Mesoscale convective complexes in Rio Grande do Sul between October and December of 2003 and associated precipitation Complexos convectivos de mesoescala no Rio Grande do Sul entre outubro e dezembro de 2003 e quantificação da precipitação associada

This study investigates the occurrences of Mesoscale Convective Complexes (MCC) and the associated precipitation in the southernmost Brazilian state, Rio Grande do Sul (RS), from October to December of 2003. The identification of MCC events was done using ForTraCC. The MCC precipitation was based on...

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Main Authors: Denilson Ribeiro Viana, Francisco Eliseu Aquino, Ricardo Burgobraga, Nelson Jesus Ferreira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Meteorologia 2009-09-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Meteorologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-77862009000300003