Main features associated to the precipitation in Madeira and the Atmospheric rivers in the winter seasons.
This study presents the main features about 10-year daily accumulated precipitation analysis over the Madeira's highlands, as well as the relationships between this precipitation and the meridional water vapor transport occurring in narrow corridors, also known as atmospheric rivers (ARs). The...
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ftunivevora:oai:dspace.uevora.pt:10174/17329 2023-09-05T13:21:32+02:00 Main features associated to the precipitation in Madeira and the Atmospheric rivers in the winter seasons. Couto, Flavio Salgado, Rui Costa, Maria João Caldeira, Bento Costa, Maria João 2015-01 http://hdl.handle.net/10174/16255 http://hdl.handle.net/10174/17329 eng eng Couto, F. T. Salgado, R. Costa, M. J. Prior, V., 2015: Main features associated to the precipitation in Madeira and the Atmospheric rivers in the winter seasons. In: Workshop em Ciências da Terra e do Espaço, 2015. Proceedings of the WCTE 2015, 28 January 2015, Universidade de Évora, Évora, Portugal, pp. 161-170. ISSN/ISBN: 978-989-98836-2-8 http://hdl.handle.net/10174/16255 http://hdl.handle.net/10174/17329 couto.ft@gmail.com rsal@uevora.pt mjcosta@uevora.pt 399 openAccess Atmospheric Rivers Madeira Precipitation article 2015 ftunivevora 2023-08-14T17:38:33Z This study presents the main features about 10-year daily accumulated precipitation analysis over the Madeira's highlands, as well as the relationships between this precipitation and the meridional water vapor transport occurring in narrow corridors, also known as atmospheric rivers (ARs). The ARs were visually identified in the total precipitable water vapor field extracted from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) data, and over a domain covering the North Atlantic Ocean. When needed, ECMWF Analysis were also used as support. The daily precipitation during the study period evidenced generally dry summers, whereas the highest values of daily accumulated precipitation being recorded mainly during the winter, but also occurring during autumn and spring seasons. Moist air emanating mainly from the Caribbean Sea flows northward or eastward intersecting, on some occasions, the Madeira Island throughout the winter seasons, but frequently already in a dissipation stage. In fact, the moist environment created by the ARs can favor the precipitation development, but it is not the sole factor favoring the high rainfall amounts over the Madeira island. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic Repositório Científico da Universidade de Évora |
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This study presents the main features about 10-year daily accumulated precipitation analysis over the Madeira's highlands, as well as the relationships between this precipitation and the meridional water vapor transport occurring in narrow corridors, also known as atmospheric rivers (ARs). The ARs were visually identified in the total precipitable water vapor field extracted from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) data, and over a domain covering the North Atlantic Ocean. When needed, ECMWF Analysis were also used as support. The daily precipitation during the study period evidenced generally dry summers, whereas the highest values of daily accumulated precipitation being recorded mainly during the winter, but also occurring during autumn and spring seasons. Moist air emanating mainly from the Caribbean Sea flows northward or eastward intersecting, on some occasions, the Madeira Island throughout the winter seasons, but frequently already in a dissipation stage. In fact, the moist environment created by the ARs can favor the precipitation development, but it is not the sole factor favoring the high rainfall amounts over the Madeira island. |
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Main features associated to the precipitation in Madeira and the Atmospheric rivers in the winter seasons. |
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Main features associated to the precipitation in Madeira and the Atmospheric rivers in the winter seasons. |
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Main features associated to the precipitation in Madeira and the Atmospheric rivers in the winter seasons. |
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Couto, F. T. Salgado, R. Costa, M. J. Prior, V., 2015: Main features associated to the precipitation in Madeira and the Atmospheric rivers in the winter seasons. In: Workshop em Ciências da Terra e do Espaço, 2015. Proceedings of the WCTE 2015, 28 January 2015, Universidade de Évora, Évora, Portugal, pp. 161-170. ISSN/ISBN: 978-989-98836-2-8 http://hdl.handle.net/10174/16255 http://hdl.handle.net/10174/17329 couto.ft@gmail.com rsal@uevora.pt mjcosta@uevora.pt 399 |
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