An environmental and polarimetric study of the 19 November 2015 supercell and multiple-vortex tornado in Marechal Cândido Rondon, southern Brazil

V Ferreira, V Goede, E de Lima Nascimento - … and Atmospheric Physics, 2022 - Springer
In the mid-afternoon of 19 November 2015, a large multiple-vortex tornado struck the city of
Marechal Cândido Rondon (MCR) situated in southern Brazil, injuring tens of people and …

Discriminant analysis for severe storm environments in south-central Brazil

LO Dos Santos, EL Nascimento… - Monthly Weather …, 2023 - journals.ametsoc.org
Severe storms produce hazardous weather phenomena, such as large hail, damaging
winds, and tornadoes. However, relationships between convective parameters and …

Toward a South American high-impact weather reports database

P Salio, H Bechis, BZ Ribeiro… - Bulletin of the …, 2024 - journals.ametsoc.org
Abstract Despite southern South America being recognized as a hotspot for deep convective
storms, little is known about the socioenvironmental impacts of high-impact weather (HIW) …

Distinctive signals in 1‐min observations of overshooting tops and lightning activity in a severe supercell thunderstorm

P Borque, L Vidal, M Rugna, TJ Lang… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This work examines a severe weather event that took place over central Argentina on 11
December 2018. The evolution of the storm from its initiation, rapid organization into a …

High‐frequency isotope compositions reveal different cloud‐top and vertical stratiform rainfall structures in the inland tropics of Brazil

V Santos, AM Durán‐Quesada… - Geophysical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the key drivers controlling rainfall stable isotope variations in inland tropical
regions remains a global challenge. We present novel high‐frequency isotope data (5–30 …

Corrections for geostationary cloud liquid water path using microwave imagery

KM Smalley, MD Lebsock - Journal of Atmospheric and …, 2023 - journals.ametsoc.org
Geostationary observations provide measurements of the cloud liquid water path (LWP),
permitting continuous observation of cloud evolution throughout the daylit portion of the …

Isotopic composition of convective rainfall in the inland tropics of Brazil

V dos Santos, D Gastmans… - Atmospheric …, 2024 - acp.copernicus.org
Strong convective systems characterize the tropical central-southern region of Brazil. These
systems provide abundant water supply for agroindustrial activities and pose flood risks to …

Testing a spaceborne passive‐microwave severe hail retrieval over Argentina using ground‐based dual‐polarization radar data

VS Galligani, SD Bang, M Cancelada… - Quarterly Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Passive‐microwave hail detection methods rely on the scattering signal produced by large
ice hydrometeors. Recently, passive‐microwave hail retrieval methods have been trained by …

Atmospheric environments associated with tornadoes in southern Brazil and neighboring areas as compared to other modes of convective hazards

MM Lopes, EL Nascimento - Climate Dynamics, 2024 - Springer
Mean synoptic-scale conditions accompanying convective storms that produce hazardous
weather phenomena in southern Brazil (SB) and neighboring areas are investigated …

Inter-zone differences of convective development in a convection outbreak event over southeastern coast of China: An observational analysis

Y Huang, M Zhang, Y Zhao, BJD Jou, H Zheng, C Luo… - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
Among the densely-populated coastal areas of China, the southeastern coast has received
less attention in convective development despite having been suffering from significantly …