Abstract: Serial mesoscale convective system (MCS) events with lifetimes over 18 h and up to nearly 70 h are routinely observed over southeastern South America from infrared satellite imagery during the spring and summer. These ...

Abstract: Serial upstream-propagating mesoscale convective system (MCS) events over southeastern South America are important contributors to the local hydrologic cycle as they can provide roughly half of the total monthly summer ...

Abstract: Observations of the turbulent exchange between a river surface and the atmosphere in a mountainous area in southern Brazil are presented and discussed. A micrometeorological tower was installed directly above the surface ...

Abstract: uring approximately 80% of its growing season, lowland flooded irrigated rice ecosystems in southern Brazil are kept within a 5?10-cm water layer. These anaerobic conditions have an influence on the partitioning of the ...