Recent developments on the South American monsoon system

JA Marengo, B Liebmann, AM Grimm, V Misra… - 2010 - ri.conicet.gov.ar
This paper reviews recent progress made in our understanding of the functioning and
variability of the South American Monsoon System (SAMS) on time scales varying from …

Weather and climate extreme events in a changing climate

SI Seneviratne, X Zhang, M Adnan, W Badi… - 2021 - centaur.reading.ac.uk
Caption: Table A. 11. 2. Synthesis table summarising assessments presented in Tables 11.4-
11.21 for hot extremes (HOT EXT.), heavy precipitation (HEAVY PRECIP.), agriculture and …

Large scale and synoptic features associated with extreme precipitation over South America: A review and case studies for the first decade of the 21st century

IFA Cavalcanti - Atmospheric Research, 2012 - Elsevier
Flooding or droughts over South America affect the population and several sectors of the
economy such as agriculture, energy and transport. Floods occur due to extreme …

Observed changes in air temperature and precipitation extremes over Brazil

P Regoto, C Dereczynski, SC Chou… - International Journal …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We analyse seasonal and annual trends of extreme indices of air temperature and
precipitation over Brazil during the period 1961–2018. The main goal is to investigate …

A new look into the South America precipitation regimes: observation and forecast

GWS Ferreira, MS Reboita - Atmosphere, 2022 - mdpi.com
South America is a vast continent characterized by diverse atmospheric phenomena and
climate regimes. In this context, seasonal climate predictions are helpful for decision-making …

Complex networks identify spatial patterns of extreme rainfall events of the South American Monsoon System

N Boers, B Bookhagen, N Marwan… - Geophysical …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
We investigate the spatial characteristics of extreme rainfall synchronicity of the South
American Monsoon System (SAMS) by means of Complex Networks (CN). By introducing a …

Utilizing a storm-generating hotspot to study convective cloud transitions: The CACTI experiment

AC Varble, SW Nesbitt, P Salio… - Bulletin of the …, 2021 - journals.ametsoc.org
Abstract The Cloud, Aerosol, and Complex Terrain Interactions (CACTI) field campaign was
designed to improve understanding of orographic cloud life cycles in relation to surrounding …

Daily spatiotemporal precipitation simulation using latent and transformed Gaussian processes

W Kleiber, RW Katz… - Water Resources …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
A daily stochastic spatiotemporal precipitation generator that yields spatially consistent
gridded quantitative precipitation realizations is described. The methodology relies on a …

Assessing precipitation trends in the Americas with historical data: A review

LMV Carvalho - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract North, Central, and South America (collectively referred to as the Americas) extend
across two hemispheres, and together cover approximately 28% of Earth's land area and …

Mesoscale convective systems in the Asian monsoon region from Advanced Himawari Imager: Algorithms and preliminary results

D Chen, J Guo, D Yao, Y Lin, C Zhao… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The knowledge of mesoscale convective system (MCS) in the Asian monsoon region
remains still deficient due to the limited available data and less powerful algorithms. Here …