Publications:

    Silva, V. B. S., V. E. Kousky, W. Shi, and R. W. Higgins, 2007: An improved gridded historical daily precipitation analysis for Brazil. Journal of Hydrometeorology, Vol. 8 No. 4, pages 847-861.

    R. W. Higgins, V. B. S Silva, W. Shi, and J. Larson, 2006: Contributions of Some Leading Patterns of Climate Variability to Fluctuations in Daily Precipitation over the United States - Submitted to the Journal of Climate

    Silva, V. B. S., and E. Hugo Berbery, 2005: Intense rainfall events affecting the La Plata Basin. Journal of Hydrometeorology, Vol. 7, No. 4, pages 769-787.

   Silva, V. B. S., Kousky, V. E., and Busalacchi, A. J., 2005: CLIVAR Science: Application to energy - The 2001 Energy Crisis in Brazil, CLIVAR Exchanges, Volume 10 No.2 April 2005.

    Berbery, E. H, E. A. Collini, V. B. S.Silva, M. Pena, D. L. Lettenmaier, V. R. Barros, and M. Pyle, 2004: The water cycle of La Plata basin at regional scales. GEWEX/WCRP, 14, 4-5.

    Silva, V. B. S., and V. E. Kousky, 2001: Variabilidade de precipitacao sobre o leste do Brasil durante o verao de 1999/2000 (Intraseasonal variability of precipitation over eastern Brazil during the summer 1999/2000). Rev. Bras. Meteor., 16, 187-199.

    Presentations:

    Berbery E. H., E. Collini, and V. B. S. Silva, 2003: The American Monsoons and their role in the water cycle. Invited. U.S. CLIVAR Pan American Workshop, September 16-18, 2003.

    Berbery E. H., E. Collini, and V. B. S. Silva, 2003: The South American Monsoon and its role in the water cycle. Fourth Meeting of PROSUR Co-Principal Investigators, Cruzeiro, SP - Brazil, October 6-8, 2003.

    Berbery, E. H., V. B. S. Silva, 2003: Intense events in La Plata basin: Precipitation and its impact on streamflow. Ninth Session of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) - Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX) Hydrometeorology Panel. Luneburg, Germany September 22-26, 2003.

    Berbery E. H., E. Collini, and V. B. S. Silva, 2003: The Water Cycle Of The La Plata Basin Ninth Session of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX) Hydrometeorology Panel. Luneburg, Germany September 22-26, 2003.

    Silva, V. B. S., and E. Hugo Berbery, 2004: On the character of intense precipitation events over the central La Plata Basin. CLIVAR Science Conference. Baltimore, MD. June 2004.

    Silva, V.B.S., V. E. Kousky, W. Shi, and W. Higgins, 2005: Gridded historical daily precipitation analyses over Brazil. GEWEX International Conference, Costa Mesa, CA. June 2005.

    Silva, V.B.S., V. E. Kousky, W. Shi, and W. Higgins, 2005: Improved CPC historical daily precipitation analyses over Brazil. CDPW, State College, PA. Oct 2005.

    W. Higgins, W. Shi, V.B.S.Silva, W. Thiaw, P. Xie, and M. Chelliah, 2005: Overview of the 2005 Monsoon. CDPW, State College, PA. Oct 2005.

    W. Shi, W. Higgins, V.B.S. Silva, and J, Janowiak, 2005: Characteristics of daily precipitation from the NAME Precipitation Assessment Project. CDPW, State College, PA. Oct 2005.