Variations of sea surface temperature, wind stress, and rainfall over the tropical Atlantic and south America

Journal Article · Tue Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1996 · Journal of Climate

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0442(1996)009<2464:VOSSTW>2.0.CO;2· OSTI ID:411853

Nobre, P; Shukla, J ^[1]

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1. Institute for Global Environment and Society, Calverton, MD (United States)

Empirical orthogonal functions (EOFs) and composite analyses are used to investigate the development of sea surface temperature (SST) anomaly patterns over the tropical Atlantic. The evolution of large-scale rainfall anomaly patterns over the equatorial Atlantic and South America are also investigated. The EOF analyses revealed that a pattern of anomalous SST and wind stress asymmetric relative to the equator is the dominant mode of interannual and longer variability over the tropical Atlantic. The most important findings of this study are described. 56 refs., 17 figs.

• OSTI ID: 411853
• Journal Information: Journal of Climate, Vol. 9, Issue 10; Other Information: PBD: Oct 1996
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
SOUTH AMERICA
ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION
WEATHER
ATLANTIC OCEAN
TEMPERATURE MONITORING
BRAZIL
CONVERGENCE
DROUGHTS
ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS
SOUTHERN OSCILLATION
WIND
VARIATIONS
CLIMATIC CHANGE
SURFACE AIR