On the influences of the El Niño, La niña and Atlantic Dipole Paterni on the Amazonian Rainfall during 1960-1998

The influence of the large-scale climatic variability dominant modes in the Pacific and in the Atlantic on Amazonian rainfall is investigated. The composite technique of the Amazon precipitation anomalies is used in this work. The basis years for these composites arc those in the period 1960-1998 wi...

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Main Authors: Everaldo B de SOUZA, Mary T KAYANO, Julio TOTA, Luciano PEZZI, Gilberto FISCH, Carlos NOBRE
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia 2000-06-01
Series:Acta Amazonica
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0044-59672000000200305&tlng=en