Climatology and Teleconnections of Mesoscale Convective Systems in an Andean Basin in Southern Ecuador: The Case of the Paute Basin

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Monthly climatology of CAPE (J/kg) across a longitudinal transect from 82°W to 76°W averaged from the equator to 4°S at (a) 01:00 LST, (b) 07:00 LST, (c) 13:00 LST, and (d) 19:00 LST. The black line represents the longitudinal position of the Paute basin. In (a), arrows indicate zonal winds at 600 hPa monthly average from 2000 to 2009.

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