The role of Amazon river runoff on the multidecadal variability of the Atlantic ITCZ

Climate model projections for the 21st century predict an elongated dry season in the Amazon basin, potentially reducing the discharge into the equatorial Atlantic Ocean. In order to understand the climatic role of Amazon runoff into the ocean, sensitivity experiments were carried out using the Comm...

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Main Authors: S Jahfer, P N Vinayachandran, Ravi S Nanjundiah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2020-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab7c8a