@InProceedings{ChouNuneCava:1998:ExRaFo,
               author = "Chou, Sin Chan and Nunes, Ana Maria Bueno and Cavalcanti, Iracema 
                         Fonseca de Albuquerque",
          affiliation = "{CPTEC-INPE-Cachoeira Paulista-12630-000-SP-Brasil}",
                title = "Extended range forecasts over South America using the regional ETA 
                         model",
            booktitle = "Anais...",
                 year = "1998",
                pages = "5",
         organization = "Congresso Brasileiro de Meteorologia, 10.",
             abstract = "An 80 km NCEP Eta model was configured to run over South American 
                         continent. This limited area model has 38 layers in the atmosphere 
                         and its domain includes part of the adjoining Atlantic and Pacific 
                         Oceans. The model was setup to perform one month forecasts. 
                         Results obtained from a dry season month and a rainy season month 
                         over South America in 1997 showed that the re-initialization of 
                         model at short range forecasts is not necessary. Diagnostics 
                         showed good mass conservation and no drying tendency, suggesting 
                         model stability for longer integrations. Both cases (dry and wet) 
                         reproduced the climatological signal of the forecasted months. The 
                         monthly accumulated total precipitation agrees well with the 
                         observations. These long-term runs using the Eta model over South 
                         America show satisfactory regional climate forecasts for this 
                         continent.",
  conference-location = "Brasilia",
      conference-year = "26-30 out. 1998",
           copyholder = "SID/SCD",
             language = "en",
         organisation = "SBMET",
           targetfile = "Chou_Extended range forecasts over .pdf",
        urlaccessdate = "04 maio 2024"
}