The extreme 2014 flood in south-western Amazon basin: the role of tropical-subtropical South Atlantic SST gradient

The extreme 2014 flood in south-western Amazon basin: the role of tropical-subtropical South Atlantic SST gradient

Unprecedented wet conditions are reported in the 2014 summer (December–March) in South-western Amazon, with rainfall about 100% above normal. Discharge in the Madeira River (the main southern Amazon tributary) has been 74% higher than normal (58 000 m ^3 s ^−1 ) at Porto Velho and 380% (25 000 m ^3...

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Main Authors: Jhan Carlo Espinoza, José Antonio Marengo, Josyane Ronchail, Jorge Molina Carpio, Luís Noriega Flores, Jean Loup Guyot
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2014-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
Subjects:
extreme flood
Amazon basin
Madeira river
Bolivian Amazon
Brazilian Amazon
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/9/12/124007

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