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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Main Authors: Earle Williams, Alaor Dall' Antonia, Vitoria Dall' Antonia, Jorge Mathias de Almeida, Francisco Suarez, Brant Liebmann, Ana Claudia Mendes Malhado
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia 2005-06-01
Series:Acta Amazonica
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0044-59672005000200013