@Article{SatyamurtyRosa:2019:SyClTr,
author = "Satyamurty, Prakki and Rosa, Marcelo Barbio",
affiliation = "{Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)} and {Instituto
Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)}",
title = "Synoptic climatology of tropical and subtropical South America and
adjoining seas as inferred from GOES satellite imagery",
journal = "International Journal of Climatology",
year = "2019",
volume = "39",
number = "10",
pages = "1--22",
keywords = "satellite imagery, seasonal variability, south American
climatology, synoptic systems.",
abstract = "Three-hourly infrared, visible and water vapour channel satellite
imagery from the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
for the 15-year period 20032017 is processed to obtain a
climatology for the South American region. All major features such
as the Intertropical Convergence Zones, the South Atlantic
Convergence Zone, the Amazon Basin convection, the Atacama Desert
and the Northeast Brazil semiarid region are well delineated.
Seasonal migrations and shifts of cloud systems are obtained. The
study reveals the precise locations and extents of convective
regions associated with large scale permanent and semi-permanent
features. The double Intertropical Convergence Zone in eastern
equatorial Pacific is discussed. Some hitherto unnoticed and
little discussed features such as the coastal cloud inhibition
near the southeastern Brazil region and a conspicuous convective
region near the coast of the state of Para are found. The
dynamical reasons for the formation of these features are
postulated. This climatology should serve to validate different
climate-scenario models and Numerical Weather Prediction models,
besides providing guidance to operational meteorologists of the
region.",
doi = "10.1002/joc.6217",
url = "http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/joc.6217",
issn = "0899-8418",
label = "lattes: 1550003350972703 2 SatyamurtyRosa:2019:SyClTr",
language = "en",
targetfile = "Satyamurty_et_al-2019-International_Journal_of_Climatology.pdf",
url = "https://rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/joc.6217?af=R\&",
urlaccessdate = "28 mar. 2024"
}