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11 IMSC Session Program
Analysis of extreme rainfall events in May of 2006 on the east
coast of Northeast Brazil and its impacts
Friday - Poster Session 7
Anderlan Henrique Batista Siqueira 1 , Cristiano da Silva Cardoso 2 , Nayara
Arroxelas dos Santos 1 and Luiz Carlos Baldicero Molion 1
1 Institute of Atmospheric Sciences, Federal University of Alagoas, Brazil
2 Federal University of Pelotas, Brazil
On days 01 and 16 May 2006 the stations located on the east coast states in Northeast
Brazil showed total accumulated precipitation above the climatological normal. In
Maranhão, Piauí, Tocantins, Bahia, Alagoas, largely of Ceará and the western sector
of the states of Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba and Pernambuco such events cause loss
of human life and major socioeconomic damage. In this study, such events were
analyzed using, Review of data from National Center for Envorimental Prediction
/National Center Atmospheric Research, the Sistema de Radar Meteorológico de
Alagoas (SIRMAL), satellite images from GOES-8 and GOES + Meteosat (Centro de
Previsão de Tempo e Estudos Climáticos/Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais)
and precipitation data (Proclima). The weather and severe flooding resulted from two
factors, these are the disturbances in the field of trade winds that are associated with
the penetration of a System Front.
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