Interannual and Intraseasonal Variations of the Onset and Demise of the Pre-Wet Season and the Wet Season in the Northern Northeast Brazil

Abstract The Northern Northeast Brazil (NNB) has two rainy periods, namely Pre-Wet Season (PWS) and Wet Season (WES), which are usually treated as one system. The precipitation pattern on NNB is influenced by sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies in the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean on interannual ti...

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Main Authors: Francisco das Chagas Vasconcelos Junior, Charles Jones, Adilson Wagner Gandu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Meteorologia
Series:Revista Brasileira de Meteorologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-77862018000300472&lng=en&tlng=en