@InProceedings{BottinoCarn:2002:DiCoSy,
               author = "Bottino, Marcus Jorge and Carneiro, Glaucia Meira",
                title = "The distribution of convective systems detected by satellite in 
                         the Tropics of South America and some relationships with the 
                         precipitation and the general circulation",
                 year = "2002",
         organization = "International LBA Scientific Conference, 2.",
             keywords = "METEOROLOGIA.",
             abstract = "The distribution of convective systems (CS)identified in images of 
                         the satellite GOES 8 it was implemented by a simple method of 
                         classification of high top and deep clouds based on the 
                         information of the water vapor and thermal infrared channels. 
                         Images of the period from 1998 to 2000 were processed on the 
                         tropical strip of South America. In this work it is presented: 
                         the)the classification methodology and identification of SC; 
                         b)some aspects of the annual and seasonal average distribution of 
                         the frequency and dimensions of these systems and its relationship 
                         with the vertical movement and the precipitation; c)the monthly 
                         evolution of SC in the area of the intertropical convergence zone 
                         (ITCZ)and relationships with the circulation and the vertical 
                         movement. In a general way that areas of intense annual and 
                         seasonal precipitation are associated to a larger covering of 
                         convective clouds. The annual march of ITCZ and the continental 
                         convection present phase differences that exercise it influences 
                         in the vertical movement of the atmosphere of the coast north of 
                         Brazil.",
  conference-location = "Manaus, Br",
      conference-year = "2002",
                label = "10260",
           targetfile = "9341.pdf",
        urlaccessdate = "30 jun. 2024"
}