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RISClimatology of the Low-Level Jet East of the Andes as Derived from the NCEP–NCAR Reanalyses: Characteristics and Temporal Variability
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: A climatology of the South American low-level jet east of the Andes (SALLJ) is developed using the 1950? 2000 circulation and moisture fields from the NCEP?NCAR reanalyses and available upper-air observations made in Bolivia ...
Lidar Scanning of Momentum Flux in and above the Atmospheric Surface Layer
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Methods to measure the vertical flux of horizontal momentum using both continuous wave and pulsed Doppler lidar profilers are evaluated. The lidar measurements are compared to momentum flux observations performed with sonic ...
Two Contrasting Severe Seasonal Extremes in Tropical South America in 2012: Flood in Amazonia and Drought in Northeast Brazil
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: wo simultaneous extreme events affected tropical South America to the east of the Andes during the austral summer and fall of 2012: a severe drought in Northeast Brazil and intense rainfall and floods in Amazonia, both ...