Powered by URLibService Table of Contents 8 th International Conference on Southern Hemisphere Meteorology and Oceanography - 8 ICSHMO Foz do Iguaçu - PR, Brazil, April 24-28, 2006 Card Catalogue Preface Committees Author Index
	Shortcut to the themes: 01  Addressing gaps in SH observing systems 02  Atmospheric chemistry in the SH 03  Climate and Cryosphere of the Antarctic region 04  Climate change in the SH 05  Climate predictions 06  Harry Van Loon special session 07  Human influences on climate 08  Hydrological variability and modeling 09  Impacts of land cover and land use changes 10  Monsoon systems and continental rainfall 11  Role of the SH oceans in climate 12  Understanding long-term climate variations in the SH 13  Weather analysis and forecasting    01  Addressing gaps in SH observing systems Composites of sea level pressure and surface winds in the Western South Atlantic related to storm surge activity in Santos, Brazil Camargo, R.; Campos, R. M.   3  IDD-Brazil: enhancing meteorological data-sharing and research Chagas, G. O.; Yoksas, T.; Almeida, W. G.; Coelho, D. G.; Justi, M. G. A.   7  Artificial Neural Network to estimate Integrated Water Vapor using satellite data from HSB sensor Cintra, R. S.; Silva, J. D. S.   11  Pacific Islands Global Climate Observing System (PI-GCOS) Program Diamond, H.   17  Downscaling and assimilation of an enhanced data base in Southeastern South America García Skabar, Y.; Nicolini, M.   23  A Bayesian approach for recovering and homogenising meteorological time series Lucio, P. S.   29  Variability of the meridional flow near the Equator from 8 years of pilot balloon observations at Piura, Peru Murillo, J.; Douglas, M. W.; Ordinola, N.; Flores, L.   37  The detection of mesoscale features with an automatic regional surface observing newtork in Brazil Nascimento, E. L.; Calvetti, L.   43  The PIRATA South Western Extension Nobre, P.   49  An evaluation of the ETA model during SALLJEX Nogués-Paegle, J.; Berbery, E. H.; Collini, E. A.; Saulo, A. C.   51  Current correction methods after temperature data assimilation in the Tropical Atlantic with MOM 3 Teixeira, F. V. B.; Tanajura, C. A. S.   57  Comparation of the reanalysis ERA-40 and the reanalysis NCEP/NCAR with the radiosonde observations over Argentina and Chile Viale, M.; Fernandez, A. E.   63     02  Atmospheric chemistry in the SH Measurement of ambient carbon monoxide at the asuncion city Acosta, N. C. R.; Martínez, G. C.   73  Source Apportionment of the Atmospheric Aerosol in the Metropolitan Area of São Paulo: A Case Study for the Winter of 2003 Albuquerque, T. T. A.; Andrade, M. F.   81  Classification of Atmospheric Conditions during High Concentrations of Pollutants in Rio Grande, Brazil Baumbach, M. O.; Krusche, N.   89  Tropospheric ozone previsibility through the Artificial Neural Network technique: Comparative study for the Metropolitan Area of São Paulo Borges, A. S.; Andrade, M. F.; Guardani, R.   93  Southern Africa: a Giant Natural Photochemical Reactor Diab, R.; Naidoo, M.; Zunckel, M.; Carter, W.   97  The coupled aerosol and tracer transport model to the brazilian developments on the Regional Atmospheric Modeling System: validation using direct and remote sensing observations Freitas, S.; Longo, K.; Silva Dias, M.; Silva Dias, P.; Chatfield, R.; Fazenda, Á.; Rodrigues, L. F.   101  Using the super-parameterization concept to include the sub-grid plume-rise of vegetation fires in low resolution atmospheric chemistry-transport models Freitas, S.; Longo, K.   109  Estimation of Biomass Burning Emissions on South America using Field Observations and Remote Sensing Longo, K.; Freitas, S. R.; Silva Dias, M. A.; Silva Dias, P.   115  Transport of biomass burning products in Southeastern South America and its relationship with the South American Low Level Jet East of the Andes Longo, K.; Freitas, S.; Ulke, A. G.; Hierro, R. F.   121  Correlation analyse between pH values, nitrate concentration, conductivity electric, precipitation volume and wind direction in Cuiabá City rain, Mato Grosso State, Brazil Marques, R.; Zamparoni, C. A. G. P.; Castro e Silva, E.; Barbosa, A. M.; Arruda, D.; Magalhães, A.; Evangelista, S.   131  Ozone Formation Potential in the Megacity of São Paulo Martins, D. L.; Andrade, F. M.   139  Aerosol loading over Santiago de Chile (33º.3?S 70º.5?W, 500 m.a.s.l.): A comparison between satellite and in situ measurements Oyanadel, A.; Painemal, D.; Léon, J.-F.; Chiapello, I.; Gallardo, L.   149  Numerical Air Quality Forecast for Santiago de Chile Schmitz, R.; Falvey, M.   157  In-cloud and below-cloud numerical simulations of scavenging processes at Amazon Basin during LBA-SMOCC Silva, M. P. R.; Gonçalves, F. L. T.   161  Weekend/weekday differences of ozone, NOx, NMHC in São Paulo Metropolitan Region (SPMR) Silva Júnior, R. S.; Oliveira, M. G. L.; Andrade, M. F.   167  Vehicle aerosol emissions from road tunnels in sao paulo, brazil Sánchez-Ccoyllo, O. R.; Ynoue, R. Y.; Martins, L. D.; Astolfo, R.; Miranda, R. M.; Freitas, E. D.; Borges, A. S.; Fornaro, A.; Andrade., M. F.   175     03  Climate Cryosphere of the Antarctic region Interannual behaviour of the katabatic wind events across the Ross Ice Shelf Carrasco, J.; Bromwich, D. H.   183  Sea ice extension around Antarctica: Association with southern Australian rainfall via changes in Southern Hemisphere cyclone and anticyclone behaviour Durrant, T. H.; Pezza, A. B.; Simmonds, I.; Smith, I.   189  100 years of surface weather observations at Orcadas Antartic Station: a look at variability and change in the Antartic Peninsula Legnani, W. E.; Canziani, P. O.; Javier, B.; Gustavo, G.; Federico, I.   195  Interactions between Antarctic sea ice and atmospheric circulation on weekly to seasonal time scales Renwick, J.   201  Transients and the air-sea fluxes in the Antarctic sea ice zone Simmonds, I.; Rafter, A.; Cowan, T.; Watkins, A. B.; Keay, K.   205     04  Climate change in the SH Changes in the systems of pressure and the atmospheric circulation to 500hPa on the amazonian basin and the fluctuations of the volume of river Rimac-Lima in sumer Allasi Quispe, F. L.   215  Performance of GCMs and Climate Future Scenarios for Southeastern South America Bidegain, M.; Camilloni, I.   223  Changes in surface and upper-air temperature along the arid coast of northern Chile Boisier, J. P.; Aceituno, P.   227  Runoff Coefficient and its relation to Phytogeography in Brazil Carriello, F.; Soares, J. V.; Ferreira, N. J.; Rodriguez, D. A.   229  Sea-level pressure patterns in South America and the adjacent oceans in the IPCC AR4 models Di Luca, A.; Camilloni, I.; Barros, V.   235  CONCORD and CIRMOUNT: Anticipating the Effects of Global Climate Change Diaz, H. F.   245  Annual and monthly trends in frost days in the Wet Pampa Argentina Fernández Long, M. E.; Müller, G.   249  Response of the LMD atmospheric general circulation model to solar irradiance variations França, J. R. A.; Silva, F. N. R.; Manso, P. M. J.   255  A study of the sea level elevation in the Tropical Atlantic as observed in the neighbohoods of the Brazilian Northeast coastline Gomes Filho, M. F.; Servain, J.; Lucena, D. B.; Paula, R. K.; Silva, A. B.   259  Impacts of climate change in South America: mean fields and variability Grimm, A. M.; Natori, A. A.   269  Southern Hemisphere Response to Anomalous Thermohaline Circulation Justino, F.; Peltier, R. W.   275  Short-term climate variability in the southeastern South America Lentini, C. A. D.; Almeida, R. A. F.; Pezzi, L. P.; Souza, R. B.   277  Numerical modelling of the biomass-burning aerosol direct radiative effects on the thermodynamics structure of the atmosphere and convective precipitation Longo, K. M.; Freitas, S. R.; Silva Dias, M.; Silva Dias, P.   283  Use of Regional Climate Models in Impacts Assessments and Adaptations Studies From continental to regional and local scales: The CREAS project in South America Marengo, J. A.; Ambrizzi, T.   291  Vulnerability and adaptation to climate change in the Peruvian Central Andes: Results of a Pilot Study Martínez, A.; Núñez, E.; Silva, Y.; Takahashi, K.; Trasmonte, G.; Mosquera, K.; Lagos, P.   297  Simulations of the mid holocene climate in south america using the cptec agcm Melo, M. L. D.; Marengo, J. A.   307  Association between seasonal Australian rainfall and the Southern Annular Mode Meneghini, B.; Simmonds, I.; Smith, I.   311  The rainfall trend over Ceara and its implications Moncunill, D. F.   315  Mean climate and annual cycle in a regional climate change experiment over Southern South America. II: climate change scenarios (2081-2090) Nuñez, M. N.; Solman, S.; Cabré, M. F.   325  Temporal variability in the length of no-rain spells in Argentina Penalba, O. C.; Llano, M. P.   333  Trends in extreme daily rainfall events in La Plata Basin Penalba, O. C.; Robledo, F. A.   341  Catarina: the first South Atlantic hurricane and its association with vertical wind shear and mid-to-high latitude blocking Pezza, A. B.; Simmonds, I.   353  The influence of El Niño and La Niña episodes in the occurrence of extreme precipitation events over Southern Brazil Pscheidt, I.; Grimm, A. M.   365  Trends and interdecadal variability of rainfall in Chile Quintana, J.; Aceituno, P.   371  RegCM3 simulations nested in the Hadley Center Model over South America: the present day climate Rocha, R. P.; Ambrizzi, T.; Cuandra, S. V.; Ferraz, S. E. T.; Fernandes, J. P.   373  Comparisons between observed and modeled precipitation and temperature extremes in South America during the XX century (IPCC 20c3m) Rusticucci, M.; Marengo, J.; Penalba, O.; Renom, M.   379  Changes in extreme temperature return periods over Argentina Rusticucci, M.; Tencer, B.   391  Seasonal Variations of Latent and Sensible Heat Flux Tendency in South of Brazil Santos, M.; Krusche, N.; Calixto, R.   401  Variability and climate change in the Mantaro river basin, central Peruvian Andes Silva, Y.; Takahashi, K.; Cruz, N.; Trasmonte, G.; Mosquera, K.; Nickl, E.; Chávez, R.; Segura, B.   407  Precipitation variability in South America from IPCC-AR4 models. Part I: Climatology Silvestri, G. E.; Vera, C. S.; Liebmann, B.; Gonzalez, P.   421  Regional climate change experiment over southern South America: Part I: Present climate conditions (1981-1990) Solman, S.; Nuñez, M.; Cabré, M. F.   429  Analysis of low frequency variability patterns and circulation regimes over southern South America and their response to global warming as depicted by IPCC AR4 AOGCMs Solman, S.; Pessacg, N.   441  Atmospheric circulation and sea surface temperature analysis, for cases of anomalous positioning of the Inter Tropical Convergence Zone associated with the North Atlantic Oscillation Souza, P. P.; Cavalcanti, I. F. A.   451  Influence of Indian Ocean warming on the southern hemisphere: atmosphere and ocean circulation Speer, K.; Cassou, C.; Minvielle, M.   455  Trends in Maximum and Minimum Temperature in the central Andes of Peru (Mantaro River Basin) Trasmonte, G.; Silva, Y.; Chavez, R.; Segura, B.   463  Changes in climate and hurricanes Trenberth, K. E.   469  Precipitation variability in South America from IPCC-AR4 models. Part II: Influence of SH circulation leading patterns Vera, C. S.; Silvestri, G. E.; Liebmann, B.; Gonzalez, P.   477  Climate change along the extratropical West coast of South America: extreme temperatures Villarroel Jiménez, C.; Rosenblüth López, B.; Aceituno Gutierrez, P.   487     05  Climate predictions New solar radiation parameterization in CPTEC/COLA AGCM Barbosa, H. M. J.; Tarasova, T.   493  Climatology of 1000 hPa weather type circulations in southern South America. Association with rainfall episodes Bettolli, M. L.; Penalba, O. C.; Vargas, W. M.   495  5-year Eta Model seasonal forecast climatology over South America Bustamante, J. F.; Gomes, J. L.; Chou, S. C.   503  Downscaling the ocean circulation on Western South Atlantic: hindcasting, monitoring and forecasting purposes Camargo, R.; Harari, J.; França, C. A. S.   507  Improving potential biomes allocation by considering natural fires in savannas Cardoso, M.; Nobre, C.; Oyama, M.; Sampaio, G.   513  Assessing Forecast Performance of the empirical model to forecast precipitation in the South and Southeast Regions of Brazil Cardoso, A. O.; Silva Dias, P. L.   517  South Atlantic SST anomalies impacts on the south Brazilian region climate through a numeric experiment with the model CAM 2.02 and data dining techniques Cataldi, M.; Torres Junior, A. R.   521  The wave four intraseasonal variability in extratropical S.H. and influences over South America- The behaviour of CPTEC/COLA AGCM Cavalcanti, I. F. A.; Cunningham, C. C.   533  New developments in seasonal prediction at cptec/inpe brazil Cavalcanti, I. F.; Marengo, J. A.; Camargo, H.; Barbosa, H.; Figueroa, S. N.; Chagas, J. C. S.; Cardoso, A.; Sampaio, G.; Ramirez Guttierrez, E.; Muniz, L.   539  Anomalous rainfall in the Northeastern Brazil in January of 2004: downscaling using model WRF Coelho, D. G.; Silva, M. G. A. J.; Santos, I. A.   543  A comparison of blocking climatologies in southern hemisphere between ncep reanalyses and hadley centre model Damião, M. C. M.; Trigo, R. M.; DaCamara, C. C.; Cavalcanti, I. F. A.   547  Intra-seasonal climate prediction - linking Weather and Climate Forecasts Donald, L.; Meinke, H.; Power, B.; Wheeler, M.; Maia, A.; White, N.; Stone, R.; Ribbe, J.   553  Seasonal forecast of rainfall in regions of Argentina Flamenco, E.; Rebella, C.; Carballo, S.; Rodriguez, R.   557  The impact of ocean initialization for SST predictions over the tropical oceans Giarolla, E.; Nobre, P.; Pezzi, L. P.; Malagutti, M.   563  Eta Model seasonal precipitation forecasts with different initialization periods Gomes, J. L.; Chou, S. C.; Bustamante, J. F.   565  Assessing uncertainty of seasonal probabilistic forecasts: distribution-free confidence limits Maia, A. H. N.; Meinke, H.   569  Better statistics to assess the quality of analogue-based forecast systems Maia, A. H. N.; Meinke, H.; Baethgen, W.   575  Downscaling the South American Monsoon Seasonal Climate Misra, V.   583  The fidelity of NCEP-CFS Seasonal Hindcasts over Nordeste Misra, V.; Zhang, Y.   585  Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere variability of the South American Monsoon System Nobre, P.; Malagutti, M.; Giarolla, E.   587  Temperature and salinity data assimilation experiments in the tropical Atlantic with MOM_3 Pacheco, P. S.; Tanajura, C. A. S.; Cárdenas, J. W.   589  Validation of the ETA WS regional climate model driven by boundary conditions from the HadAM3H over South America Pisnitchenko, I.; Tarasova, T.; Fernandez, J. P. R.; Marengo, J.   595  A Local Precipitation Downscaling Approach Ruiz, N. E.; Vargas, W. M.   599  Simulation and validation of the low level jet in the east of Andes using a regional climate model Silva, M. C. L.; Rocha, R. P.   607     06  Harry Van Loon special session The dynamics of late 20th Century changes in the Southern Hemisphere circulation Hobbs, W.; Raphael, M.   615  A Search for Free Rossby Waves and for van Loon's Temperature Variations in the Southern Hemisphere Stratosphere Madden, R. A.   617  Gravity wave generation and breaking observed with radiosondes at Ushuaia (Argentina) Pulido, M.; Teitelbaum, H.   627  The South Pacific trough: a crucial component of low-frequency pressure variations that determine ENSO development and strength Stephens, D.; Meuleners, M.; van Loon, H.; Lamond, M.   633  Has SAO been decreasing over the Southern Ocean? Taschetto, A.; Wainer, I.   635  Mechanisms of initiation and maintenance of the Walker Circulation and associated rainfall over Souther Hemisphere Veiga, J. A.   639     07  Human influences on climate Modeling the relation between CCN and the vertical evolution of cloud drop size distribuction in convective clouds Almeida, G. P.; Santos, R. R.   643  The Indirect Effect of Aerosols over the Amazon: From Observations to Modeling Costa, A. A.   651  Gas release below Balbina Dam Kemenes, A.; Forsberg, B. R.; Melack, J. M.   663  Evaluation of burning aerosol influence on performance of solar radiation assessed by model GL - CPTEC Miranda, R. M.; Ceballos, J. C.   669  Comparative analysis of different human thermal comfort indexes in São Paulo city and their relationship with respiratory morbidity Nedel, A. S.; Coelho, M. S.; Gonçalves, F. L. T.   675  Rainfall Variability at the end of the dry season over the Southern Amazon Basin Obregón, G. O.; Nobre, C. A.   679  A theoretical study of the impact of biomass-burning CCN on the dynamics of deep convective clouds with mixed phase Raga, G. B.; Pozo, D.; Torres-Brizuela, M.; Nicolini, M.   683     08  Hydrological variability modeling On the parameterisation of mesoscale convective systems in regional climate models over Southern Africa Adedoyin, A.   691  Sea Surface Temperature and Atmospheric Circulation features associated to the Argentinean Andean rivers streamflow variability Araneo, D. C.; Compagnucci, R. H.   693  An analysis of moisture transport across south eastern Australia - results from the Melbourne University Network of Isotopes in Precipitation Barras, V.; Simmonds, I.; Etheridge, D.   703  Quantitative precipitation estimation for hydrometeorological forecast in Parana, Brazil Calvetti, L.; Beneti, C.; Moreira, I.; Andrioni, M.; Stringari, D.; Pereira Filho, A.   707  Short-term climate predictability of summer rainfall on the Paraná basin based on Atlantic and Pacific sea surface temperatures Camilloni, I.   711  Climate Variability and Land Cover Change Impacts on the Water Balance of the Caroní river basin, Venezuela Delgado, M. D.; Guenni, L. B.   719  Observed eddy transport of water vapor over Argentina Fernández, A. E.   731  Rainfall space variability during the LBA/TRMM experiment 1999 in Amazônia Fisch, G.; Vendrame, I. F.; Hanaoka, P. C. M.   741  Modulation of rainfall by Lake Titicaca using the WRF Model Galvez, J. M.; Douglas, M. W.   745  Northward-propagating surges east of the Andes during the SALLJEX Galvez, J. M.; Douglas, M. W.   753  Soil water content simulations under water stress conditions Gassmann, M. I.; Gardiol, J. M.; Serio, L.   759  Mechanisms of the influence of El Niño and La Niña episodes on the frequency of extreme precipitation events in Brazil Grimm, A. M.; Tedeschi, R. G.   765  Interannual variability of rainfall and streamflow in the Patos Lagoon basin: preliminary results Hirata, F. E.; Möller Júnior, O. O.   775  The effect of precipitaton forecasts and monitoring on hourly hydrological statistical prediction models Leite, E. A.; Dias, N. L.; Rotunno Filho, O. C.   781  Moving water to South America as observed from space Liu, W. T.; Xie, X.; Tang, W.   787  Preliminary study in the use of Pseudo-temps for a SACZ prediction during 13-19 January 2003 using AGCM/CPTEC/COLA Mattos, J. G. Z.; Herdies, D.; Ferreira, N. J.   791  Flow around the Andean elbow from WRF simulations and P-3 aircraft measurements during SALLJEX Mejia, J. F.; Douglas, M. W.   795  On the dynamics of Saco da Mangueira embayment - Patos Lagoon (Brazil) Monteiro, I. O.; Fernandes, E. H.; Möller Júnior, O. O.; Tagliani, P. R.   803  Plausible effects of Paleolake Tauca on the altiplano circulations and rainfall from WRF model simulations Orozco, R. K.; Mejia, J. F.; Galvez, J. M.; Douglas, M. W.   809  Validation of Diverse Evapotranspiration Estimation Methods using the Long-term Water Balance in the Amazon River Basin Salazar, L. F.; Poveda, G.   815  Assessing long-term discharges of the Plata River Saurral, R.; Mezher, R.; Barros, V.   821  Determination of wind farms for the Bahia State using numerical simulation of the atmospheric flow Silva Paiva, L. M.; Ferreira, A. V.; Chagas, G. O.; Silva, R. M.   831  Run off properties of the Parana and Uruguay rivers. Climate conditions associated to the extreme discharges. Relation with other run off argentinian rivers Vargas, W.; Bischoff, S.   835     09  Impacts of land cover land use changes A Vegetation Map of the Northeast Brazil Region for Use in Meteorological Modeling Alvalá, R. C. S.; Vieira, R. M. S. P.; Carvalho, V. C.; Mello, E. M. K.   843  Quali-quantitative tables waters monitoring in areas of Transition Forest, Management Forest and Pasture in the North of Mato Grosso Andrade, N. L. R.; Sanches, L.; Barbosa Júnior, J. A. F.; Nogueira, J. S.   851  Interannual variability of vegetation dynamics in the semi-arid Northeast region of Brazil and its relationship to ENSO events Barbosa, H. A.   855  Detection of Tropical Savannah (Cerrado) Physiognomies in the Legal Amazon by the Application of the Vegetation and Moisture Indices with MODIS Time Series Data Becerra, J. A. B.; Alvalá, R. C. S.   861  Estimating the probability of fires in Amazonia Cardoso, M.; Nobre, C.; Obregon, G.; Sampaio, G.   869  A GCM Simulation of Impact of Land Cover Changes in the Amazonia on Regional Climate Correia, F. W. S.; Alvala, R. C. S.; Manzi, A. O. M.   873  The observational aspects of the convective boundary layer at pasture site in Amazonia during the LBA RACCI experiment 2002 Fisch, G.; Machado, L. A.; Lyra, R. F. F.; Silva Dias, M. A. F.   879  Numerical simulation of biomass burning emission and transportation during 1998 Roraima fires Gevaerd, R.; Freitas, S.; Longo, K.   883  Rainfall climatology (1976-2004) and severe meteorological events in Northern Mato Grosso Gielow, R.; Sousa, C. S. S.; Silva, J. T.; Forti, M. C.; Carvalho, J. A.; Alvarado, E. C.; Sandberg, D. V.; Santos, J. C.   891  Relation between degree-day and the vegetative cycle Guia, C. V. F.; Fernandes, L. C.   905  Forest degradation and alteration of rainfall regime in the Brazilian Amazon Maruyama, M.; Yamaguchi, Y.   909  Estimation of the Impact of Land-Surface Forcings on Temperature Trends in Argentina Nuñez, M. N.; Ciapessoni, H. H.; Rolla, A.; Kalnay, E.; Cai, M.   919  Characterization of Brazilian desertification areas through NCEP/NCAR reanalysis and numerical modeling Oliveira Júnior, J. F.; Cavalcanti, A. S.; Silva, L. A. F.; Moraes, P. L. S.   927  Incorporating hydraulic redistribution into the simplified simple biosphere model (SSiB) Oliveira, R.; Oyama, M.; Nobre, C.   935  Projected Amazonian deforestation in the 21th century and possible regional climatic impacts Sampaio de Oliveira, G.; Nobre, C.; Satyarmurty, P.   939  Surfacet radiation budget by using meteorological satellites Souza, J. M.; Ceballos, J. C.   945  Simulations of tropical rainforest albedo: Is canopy wetness important? Yanagi, S. N. M.; Costa, M. H.   951  Impacts of land-use in China on regional climate: an Australia-China bilateral project on climate change Zhang, H.; Gao, X.; Li, Y.   955     10  Monsoon systems continental rainfall Impacts of the Low Level Jets on the precipitation in southern South America Angelis, C. F.; Machado, L. A. T.; Salio, P.   961  Diagnostic study of Enso modulation of low-level southward moisture flux across central South America during summer and its related precipitation Berri, G. J.; Bertossa, G.   967  Rainfall estimates on the Altiplano using radar and passive microwave data from TRMM Blacutt, L.; Liu, C.; Zipser, E.   977  The nature of a heat wave in eastern Argentina occurring during SALLJEX Cerne, S. B.; Vera, C. S.; Liebmann, B.   981  An evaluation of the inter-hemispheric mass and humidity transport around South America Cerqueira, F. A.; Santos, I. A.   991  Patterns of sea surface temperature anomalies over north atlantic ocean and convection over south america - observational analysis Chaves, R. R.   995  Seasonal dependence of surface-atmosphere interactions for subtropical South America Collini, E. A.; Berbery, E. H.; Barros, V.   999  Atmospheric patterns associates to dry and wet periods over South and Southeast of Brazil during the austral summer: analysis of climatic simulations Cuadra, S. V.; Rocha, R. P. D.   1005  Intraseasonal activity and the sacz episodes during austral summer 2003/2004 Cunningham, C. A.; Cavalcanti, I. F. A.   1009  Developing cloudiness climatologies from satellite imagery to map cloud forests and other vegetation features over the tropical Americas Douglas, M. W.; Mejia, J. F.; Killeen, T. J.   1015  The role of the South Indian and South Pacific oceans on the South American monsoon variability Drumond, A. R. M.; Ambrizzi, T.   1021  Characteristics of wet and dry periods over the South American Altiplano observed during the South American Low Level Jet Experiment (SALLJEX) Falvey, M.; Garreaud, R.   1025  The Impact of Land Use changes over the low level circulation related to the Northwestern Argentinean Low Ferreira, L.; Saulo, C.; Ruiz, J.; Seluchi, M.   1029  The impact of cumulus and radiation parameterization schemes on Southern Hemisphere summer climate simulated by CPTEC Atmospheric General Circulation Model Figueroa, S. N.; Tarasova, T.; Barbosa, H. M. J.; Bonatti, J. P.; Silvia Dias, P. L.   1037  Observed diurnal circulations and rainfall over the altiplano during the SALLJEX Galvez, J. M.; Orozco, R. K.; Reyes, C. R.; Douglas, M. W.   1041  South American Monsoon during the two phases of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation Garcia, S.; Regina, ; Kayano, M. T.   1049  About the nature of the rainfall evolution over central South America during austral spring Gonzalez, M.; Vera, C.; Liebmann, B.; Allured, D.   1057  Characteristics of the intraseasonal variability of precipitation over eastern Argentina González, P. L. M.; Vera, C. S.; Liebmann, B.   1063  Structure and evolution of the lower troposphere in the presence of a SALLJ event Graciela, U. A.   1089  Interannual variability of summer rainfall in South America: large-scale influences and the role of antecedent conditions in spring Grimm, A. M.; Zilli, M. T.   1097  The impact of high-resolution SALLJEX data on global NCEP analyses Herdies, D. L.; Kousky, V. E.; Ebisuzaki, W.   1105  A regional scale kinematic moisture transport model analysis of the Southern Africa Jack, C.   1111  The Diurnal Cycle of Precipitation over South America based on CMORPH Kousky, V. E.; Janowiak, J. E.; Joyce, R.   1113  Anomalies in the South American Monsoon induced by aerosols Lau, W. K. M.; Kim, K.-M.   1117  Analysis of the cloud droplet size distributions obtained during the EMfiN!-ESN experiment Leal Junior, J. B. V.; Vieira, C. F. A.; Costa, A. A.; de Oliveira, C. J.   1123  On the dipolar behaviour of convective cloudiness over SACZ and Southeastern South America during austral summer Meruane, C.; Mendina, M.; Díaz, A.; Aceituno, P.   1129  Coupled Climate Simulation of the South American Monsoon Misra, V.   1131  Monsoon systems and continental rainfall over equatorial Africa Nicholson, S. E.   1133  Thermodynamic and kinematic characterization of the low-level troposphere during SALLJEX in different large-scale environments Nicolini, M.; Salio, P.; Borque, P.   1141  Rainfall regionalization on the Amazon Basin Obregón, G. O.; Nobre, C. A.   1149  Annual cycle of the South America Monsoon System Raia, A.; Cavalcanti, I. F. A.   1153  Seasonal characterization on the diurnal cycle of convection frequency over Southeastern South America under different low-jet conditions Salio, P.; Nicolini, M.   1157  Differences between SALLJ and No SALLJ events and its impact on the development of mesoscale convective systems over subtropical South America Salio, P.; Nicolini, M.; Zipser, E. J.   1163  A SACZ event simulation using MM5 mesoscale model Santos, I. A.; Justi da Silva, M. G. A.; Dereczynski, C. P.; Coelho, D. G.   1171  Monthly and annual average of the precipitation for the Mantaro river basin from images of GOES satellite Segura Curi, B.; Mosquera Vásquez, K.; Silva Vidal, Y.   1175  Monsoon variability in Realtion to ENSO nad NAO Sidram, D. S.   1181  Different El Niño intensities and their impact on the South American Low-Level Jet east of the Andes during the austral spring Silva, G. A. M.; Ambrizzi, T.   1185  Dry Periods over Eastern Brazil Silva, V. B. S.; Kousky, V. 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