The drought of the century in the Amazon Basin: an analysis of the regional variation of rainfall in South America in 1926 A seca do século na Bacia Amazônica: uma análise da variação regional de chuva na América do Sul em 1926
The most severe drought in tropical South America during the 20th century occurred in 1926. This extreme El Nino year is further documented anecdotally, in an update of the river stage observations at Manaus, and in annual rainfall records. The annual rainfall anomaly is an east-west dipole over tro...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia
2005-06-01
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Series: | Acta Amazonica |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0044-59672005000200013 |