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Title: Multi‐model analysis of the Atlantic influence on Southern Amazon rainfall

Abstract

Amazon rainfall is subject to year-to-year fluctuation resulting in drought and flood in various intensities. A major climatic driver of the interannual variation of the Amazon rainfall is El Niño/Southern Oscillation. Also, the Sea Surface Temperature over the Atlantic Ocean is identified as an important climatic driver on the Amazon water cycle. Previously, observational datasets were used to support the Atlantic influence on Amazon rainfall. Furthermore, it is found that multiple global climate models do reproduce the Atlantic-Amazon link robustly. However, there exist differences in rainfall response, which primarily depends on the climatological rainfall amount.

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  1. Atmospheric Sciences and Global Change Division Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Richland WA USA
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Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1228428
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1228429; OSTI ID: 1239481
Report Number(s):
PNNL-SA-111601
Journal ID: ISSN 1530-261X
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-76RL01830
Resource Type:
Published Article
Journal Name:
Atmospheric Science Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Atmospheric Science Letters Journal Volume: 17 Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 1530-261X
Publisher:
Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)
Country of Publication:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; Amazon rainfall; Atlantic SST; variability; CMIP5

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Yoon, Jin‐Ho. Multi‐model analysis of the Atlantic influence on Southern Amazon rainfall. United Kingdom: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1002/asl.600.
Yoon, Jin‐Ho. Multi‐model analysis of the Atlantic influence on Southern Amazon rainfall. United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1002/asl.600
Yoon, Jin‐Ho. Mon . "Multi‐model analysis of the Atlantic influence on Southern Amazon rainfall". United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1002/asl.600.
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abstractNote = {Amazon rainfall is subject to year-to-year fluctuation resulting in drought and flood in various intensities. A major climatic driver of the interannual variation of the Amazon rainfall is El Niño/Southern Oscillation. Also, the Sea Surface Temperature over the Atlantic Ocean is identified as an important climatic driver on the Amazon water cycle. Previously, observational datasets were used to support the Atlantic influence on Amazon rainfall. Furthermore, it is found that multiple global climate models do reproduce the Atlantic-Amazon link robustly. However, there exist differences in rainfall response, which primarily depends on the climatological rainfall amount.},
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