THE DIURNAL MARCH OF THE CONVECTION OBSERVED DURING TRMM-WETAMC/LBA Luiz A. T. Machado, Henri Laurent 1 and Alexandra A. Lima Centro Técnico Aeroespacial / Instituto de Aeronáutica e Espaço / Divisão de Ciências Atmosféricas São José dos Campos/SP , Brasil Submitted to the Journal of Geophysical Research December 2000 1 Filiation Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement (IRD) – France – Cooperation CNPq/IRD