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ABSTRACT
SILVA DIAS ET AL.
A Case study of Convective Organization into Precipitating Lines on
Southwest Amazon during the WETAMC and TRMM-LBA
M.A.F. SILVA DIAS(1) , W. PETERSEN (2), P. L. SILVA DIAS (1), R. CIFELLI(2),
A. K. BETTS(3), M. LONGO(1), A. M. GOMES (4), G. F. FISCH(5), M. A. LIMA(4),
M. A. ANTONIO(4), R. I. ALBRECHT(1)
(1) Departamento de Ciências Atmosféricas – Universidade de São Paulo, USP, Brazil
(2) Department of Atmospheric Science – Colorado State University, CSU, USA
(3) Atmospheric Research
(4) Instituto de Pesquisas Meteorológicas,Universidade Estadual Paulista, UNESP, Brazil
(5) Instituto de Aeronáutica e Espaço – Centro Técnico Aeroespacial, CTA, Brazil
ABSTRACT
A case study of convective development in Southwest Amazon region during the WETAMC and
TRMM/LBA is presented. The convective development during 7 February 1999 is shown as a result of very weak large
scale forcing in the presence of topography and deforestation. The data used include dual Doppler radar analysis,
radiosonde launches and surface and boundary layer observations. The analysis is completed with a series of simulation
using the RAMS with 2 km resolution over a 300 km x 300 km area forced by a morning radiosonde profile. Details of
the thermodynamic transformation of the boundary layer and of the formation of convective lines, and of their
kinematic and microphysical properties is presented. It is shown that only a few very deep and intense convective cells
are necessary to explain the overall precipitating line formation and that the discrete propagation and coupling with
upper atmosphere circulations may explain the appearance of several lines.
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Corresponding author address: Maria Assunção Faus da Silva Dias, Departamento de Ciências Atmosféricas,
Instituto Astronômico e Geofísico, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão, 1.226, São Paulo, SP, 05508-900, Brazil.
E-mail: [email protected].
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