Published March 28, 2024 | Version v1
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Convective systems associated with Amazon coastal squall lines using ForTraCC outputs

  • 1. Postgraduate Division, Coordination of Teaching, Research and Extension, National Institute for Space Research
  • 2. now at NSF NCAR Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology Laboratory
  • 3. Center for Weather Forecasts and Climate Studies, National Institute for Space Research
  • 4. NOAA Global Systems Laboratory
  • 5. Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, CU Boulder
  • 6. NSF NCAR Research Applications Laboratory
  • 7. Developmental Testbed Center

Description

List of convective systems tracked with ForTraCC that are associated with Amazon coastal squall lines during the period between July and October 2020. Contains information on the date, duration, displacement inland, maximum size, classification according to ForTraCC criteria and according to Cohen et al. (1995).

 

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References

  • Cohen, J. C. P., M. A. F. Silva Dias, and C. A. Nobre, 1995: Environmental Conditions Associated with Amazonian Squall Lines: A Case Study. Mon. Wea. Rev., 123, 3163–3174, https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0493(1995)123<3163:ECAWAS>2.0.CO;2.
  • Vila, D. A., L. G. G. de Goncalves, D. L. Toll, and J. R. Rozante, 2009: Statistical Evaluation of Combined Daily Gauge Observations and Rainfall Satellite Estimates over Continental South America. J. Hydrometeor., 10, 533–543, https://doi.org/10.1175/2008JHM1048.1.