Climatological Behavior of Precipitating Clouds in the Northeast Region of Brazil

This study aims to analyze the climatological classification of precipitating clouds in the Northeast of Brazil using the radar on board the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite. Thus, for this research a time series of 15 years of satellite data (period 1998–2012) was analyzed in or...

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Main Authors: Rayana Santos Araújo Palharini, Daniel Alejandro Vila
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2017-01-01
Series:Advances in Meteorology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/5916150