The South American rainfall dipole: A complex network analysis of extreme events

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 7397-7405

  Boers, Niklas ^a,b   Rheinwalt, Aljoscha ^a,b   Bookhagen, Bodo ^c,d   Barbosa, Henrique M J ^e   Marwan, Norbert ^b   Marengo, José ^f   Kurths, Jürgen ^a,b,g  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^f INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^g LOBACHEVSKY STATE UNIVERSITY OF NIZHNY NOVGOROD   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

complex networks; event synchronization; extreme rainfall; Rossby waves; South American monsoon system

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; COMPLEX NETWORKS; MECHANICAL WAVES; SYNCHRONIZATION; TROPICS;

EVENT SYNCHRONIZATION; EXTREME RAINFALL; LARGE-SCALE CIRCULATION PATTERNS; MONSOON SYSTEM; NONLINEAR SYNCHRONIZATION; RAINFALL VARIABILITY; ROSSBY WAVE; SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH AMERICA;

RAIN;

EXTREME EVENT; MONSOON; NONLINEARITY; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; ROSSBY WAVE; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

ANDES; BRAZIL;

EID: 84911371791     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL061829     Document Type: Article

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