Mechanisms associated with large daily rainfall events in Northeast Brazil

The mechanisms resulting in large daily rainfall events in Northeast Brazil are analyzed using data filtering to exclude periods longer than 30 days. Composites of circulation fields that include all independent events do not reveal any obvious forcing mechanisms as multiple patterns contribute to N...

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Autores principales: Liebmann, B., Kiladis, G.N., Allured, D., Vera, C.S., Jones, C., Carvalho, L.M.V., Bladé, I., Gonzáles, P.L.M.
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spelling todo:paper_08948755_v24_n2_p376_Liebmann2023-10-03T15:42:13Z Mechanisms associated with large daily rainfall events in Northeast Brazil Liebmann, B. Kiladis, G.N. Allured, D. Vera, C.S. Jones, C. Carvalho, L.M.V. Bladé, I. Gonzáles, P.L.M. Extreme events Kelvin waves Rainfall South America Annual rainfall Daily rainfall Data filtering Extreme events Kelvin waves Midlatitudes Northeast Brazil Precipitation anomalies Precipitation events Precipitation variability Rainfall South America Spatial structure Wave train Coastal zones Gravity waves Locomotives Railroad cars Rain atmospheric convection extreme event formation mechanism Kelvin wave precipitation intensity rainfall Brazil The mechanisms resulting in large daily rainfall events in Northeast Brazil are analyzed using data filtering to exclude periods longer than 30 days. Composites of circulation fields that include all independent events do not reveal any obvious forcing mechanisms as multiple patterns contribute to Northeast Brazil precipitation variability. To isolate coherent patterns, subsets of events are selected based on anomalies that precede the Northeast Brazil precipitation events at different locations. The results indicate that at 10°S, 40°W, the area of lowest annual rainfall in Brazil, precipitation occurs mainly in association with trailing midlatitude synoptic wave trains originating in either hemisphere. Closer to the equator at 5°S, 37.5°W, an additional convection precursor is found to the west, with a spatial structure consistent with that of a Kelvin wave. Although these two sites are located within only several hundred kilometers of each other and the midlatitude patterns that induce precipitation appear to be quite similar, the dates on which large precipitation anomalies occur at each location are almost entirely independent, pointing to separate forcing mechanisms. © 2011 American Meteorological Society. Fil:Vera, C.S. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. JOUR info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_08948755_v24_n2_p376_Liebmann
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topic Extreme events
Kelvin waves
Rainfall
South America
Annual rainfall
Daily rainfall
Data filtering
Extreme events
Kelvin waves
Midlatitudes
Northeast Brazil
Precipitation anomalies
Precipitation events
Precipitation variability
Rainfall
South America
Spatial structure
Wave train
Coastal zones
Gravity waves
Locomotives
Railroad cars
Rain
atmospheric convection
extreme event
formation mechanism
Kelvin wave
precipitation intensity
rainfall
Brazil
spellingShingle Extreme events
Kelvin waves
Rainfall
South America
Annual rainfall
Daily rainfall
Data filtering
Extreme events
Kelvin waves
Midlatitudes
Northeast Brazil
Precipitation anomalies
Precipitation events
Precipitation variability
Rainfall
South America
Spatial structure
Wave train
Coastal zones
Gravity waves
Locomotives
Railroad cars
Rain
atmospheric convection
extreme event
formation mechanism
Kelvin wave
precipitation intensity
rainfall
Brazil
Liebmann, B.
Kiladis, G.N.
Allured, D.
Vera, C.S.
Jones, C.
Carvalho, L.M.V.
Bladé, I.
Gonzáles, P.L.M.
Mechanisms associated with large daily rainfall events in Northeast Brazil
topic_facet Extreme events
Kelvin waves
Rainfall
South America
Annual rainfall
Daily rainfall
Data filtering
Extreme events
Kelvin waves
Midlatitudes
Northeast Brazil
Precipitation anomalies
Precipitation events
Precipitation variability
Rainfall
South America
Spatial structure
Wave train
Coastal zones
Gravity waves
Locomotives
Railroad cars
Rain
atmospheric convection
extreme event
formation mechanism
Kelvin wave
precipitation intensity
rainfall
Brazil
description The mechanisms resulting in large daily rainfall events in Northeast Brazil are analyzed using data filtering to exclude periods longer than 30 days. Composites of circulation fields that include all independent events do not reveal any obvious forcing mechanisms as multiple patterns contribute to Northeast Brazil precipitation variability. To isolate coherent patterns, subsets of events are selected based on anomalies that precede the Northeast Brazil precipitation events at different locations. The results indicate that at 10°S, 40°W, the area of lowest annual rainfall in Brazil, precipitation occurs mainly in association with trailing midlatitude synoptic wave trains originating in either hemisphere. Closer to the equator at 5°S, 37.5°W, an additional convection precursor is found to the west, with a spatial structure consistent with that of a Kelvin wave. Although these two sites are located within only several hundred kilometers of each other and the midlatitude patterns that induce precipitation appear to be quite similar, the dates on which large precipitation anomalies occur at each location are almost entirely independent, pointing to separate forcing mechanisms. © 2011 American Meteorological Society.
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author Liebmann, B.
Kiladis, G.N.
Allured, D.
Vera, C.S.
Jones, C.
Carvalho, L.M.V.
Bladé, I.
Gonzáles, P.L.M.
author_facet Liebmann, B.
Kiladis, G.N.
Allured, D.
Vera, C.S.
Jones, C.
Carvalho, L.M.V.
Bladé, I.
Gonzáles, P.L.M.
author_sort Liebmann, B.
title Mechanisms associated with large daily rainfall events in Northeast Brazil
title_short Mechanisms associated with large daily rainfall events in Northeast Brazil
title_full Mechanisms associated with large daily rainfall events in Northeast Brazil
title_fullStr Mechanisms associated with large daily rainfall events in Northeast Brazil
title_full_unstemmed Mechanisms associated with large daily rainfall events in Northeast Brazil
title_sort mechanisms associated with large daily rainfall events in northeast brazil
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_08948755_v24_n2_p376_Liebmann
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