[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of extreme precipitation climate indices and their projected changes for Brazil: From CMIP3 to CMIP6

FJ de Medeiros, CP de Oliveira, A Avila-Diaz - Weather and Climate …, 2022 - Elsevier
Extreme events usually cause numerous economic and social losses, especially in
vulnerable countries, such as Brazil. Understanding whether the evolution of Earth System …

[HTML][HTML] Extreme precipitation events over the east coast of northeast Brazil: Synoptic study and MPAS simulation

MJA Lyra, HB Gomes, DL Herdies, E Ramirez… - Weather and Climate …, 2024 - Elsevier
In the present study two extreme events that occurred in the East Coast of Northeast Brazil
(ENEB) during 2022 and 2023 were evaluated. These events are becoming increasingly …

Application of ERA5-Land reanalysis data in zoning of climate risk for corn in the state of Bahia—Brazil

WK Matsunaga, ESG Sales, GCA Júnior… - Theoretical and Applied …, 2024 - Springer
The agricultural zoning of climate risk (AZCR) is a fundamental tool for agricultural activities,
as it identifies regions and times of lower climatic risk for planting and sowing crops. An …

Intraseasonal and interannual mechanisms of summer rainfall over Northeast Brazil using a hidden Markov model

I de Mendonça Silva, DM Medeiros, D Mendes… - Climate Dynamics, 2023 - Springer
A hidden Markov model (HMM) with four hidden states is used to describe the daily
precipitation occurrence and wet day intensities of a gridded precipitation dataset over the …

Aerosol optical depth over Northeastern Brazil: A multi-platform intercomparison study

GB Münchow, AM de Oliveira, EDSF Duarte… - Atmospheric …, 2025 - Elsevier
The atmosphere over the Northeastern region of Brazil (NEB) contains a variety of different
aerosol types: marine, soil dust, biomass burning, urban pollution, as well as mixed species …

Diurnal cycle of precipitation in Brazil

CM Santos e Silva, DT Rodrigues, F Medeiros… - Theoretical and Applied …, 2024 - Springer
The diurnal cycle is an important mode of climatic variability associated with different
aspects of micro, meso and large scale meteorological phenomena. Thus, we performed a …

Synoptic patterns of extreme precipitation events in Northeast Brazil

MJA Lyra, HB Gomes, DL Herdies, SN Figueroa… - Natural Hazards, 2025 - Springer
Northeast Brazil (NEB) is one of the driest regions in the country, with some areas, such as
the sertão, receiving less than 400 mm/year. Despite this aridity, NEB is influenced by …

Evaluation of easterly wave disturbances over the tropical South Atlantic in CMIP6 models

LCV Cavalcante, HB Gomes, K Hodges, P Ray… - Climate Dynamics, 2025 - Springer
This study assesses the performance of the latest phase of Coupled Model Intercomparison
Project (CMIP6) models in simulating easterly wave disturbances (EWD) over the tropical …

Evaluation of Atmospheric Features in Natural Disasters due Frontal Systems over Southern Brazil

JS Reis, WA Gonçalves, DO Souza, D Mendes - Atmosphere, 2022 - mdpi.com
This study evaluated the atmospheric pattern precursors to the occurrence of natural
disasters (ND) in the southern region of Brazil (SRB) due to the passage of frontal systems …

[HTML][HTML] Estudo Sinótico e da Estrutura Vertical de um Vórtice Ciclônico de Altos Níveis Ocorrido em Janeiro de 2016

MJA Lyra, JM Arraut - Revista Brasileira de Meteorologia, 2023 - SciELO Brasil
Os Vórtices Ciclônicos de Altos Níveis (VCAN) são um dos principais sistemas que
provocam alterações no tempo durante a pré-estação chuvosa do Nordeste do Brasil (NEB) …