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- Title
Multi-model analysis of the Atlantic influence on Southern Amazon rainfall.
- Authors
Yoon, Jin‐Ho
- Abstract
Amazon rainfall is subject to year-to-year fluctuation resulting in drought and flood in various intensities. A major climatic driver of the interannual variation of the Amazon rainfall is El Niño/Southern Oscillation. Also, the sea surface temperature over the Atlantic Ocean is identified as an important climatic driver on the Amazon water cycle. Previously, observational data sets were used to support the Atlantic influence on Amazon rainfall. Here, it is found that multiple global climate models do reproduce the Atlantic-Amazon link robustly. However, there exist differences in rainfall response, which primarily depends on the climatological rainfall amount.
- Subjects
AMAZON River Valley; RAINFALL; DROUGHTS; SOUTHERN oscillation; HYDROLOGIC cycle; CLIMATE research
- Publication
Atmospheric Science Letters (John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ), 2016, Vol 17, Issue 2, p122
- ISSN
1530-261X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/asl.600