Processes influencing rainfall features in the Amazonian region

Tobias Gerken1, Marcelo Chamecki2, Jose D Fuentes3, Gabriel George Katul4, David R Fitzjarrald5, Antonio O Manzi6, Rosa M Nascimento dos Santos7, Celso von Randow8, Paul C Stoy9, Julio Tota10, Amy Trowbridge11, Courtney Schumacher12 and Luiz Machado8, (1)The Pennsylvania State University, Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science, University Park, PA, United States, (2)University of California, Los Angeles, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Los Angeles, United States, (3)Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States, (4)Duke University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Durham, United States, (5)State University of New York at Albany, Albany, NY, United States, (6)Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Manaus, Brazil, (7)University of the State of Amazonas (UEA), Manaus, Brazil, (8)Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, São José dos Campos, Brazil, (9)University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Biological Systems Engineering, Madison, United States, (10)Federal University of West Para, Institute of Engineering and Geoscience, Santarem, PA, Brazil, (11)Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, United States, (12)Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States
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