Moisture Sources and Life Cycle of Convective Systems over Western Colombia

This paper describes life cycle and moisture sources of mesoscale convective systems (MCSs) observed over western Colombia. Results show that, in general, MCS are more frequent during boreal summer and autumn, and particularly, systems observed in summer season present longer life and larger extensi...

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Main Authors: Meiry Sayuri Sakamoto, Tércio Ambrizzi, Germán Poveda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2011-01-01
Series:Advances in Meteorology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/890759