Rainy Season Features for the Alcântara Launch Center

ABSTRACT: The rainy season features for the Alcântara Launch Center region (2°S-3°S; 44°W-45°W), located at the northern coast of Brazil, were obtained by using the Climate Prediction Center/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration daily precipitation data from 1979 to 2012 accumulated to pentads. The rainy season onset (demise) was defined as the first pentad when precipitation is greater (lower) than the climatological annual average, and this behavior lasts for three out of the four following pentads. The average rainy season features were: 28 January as onset day; 16 June as de...