The extreme 2014 flood in south-western Amazon basin: The role of tropical-subtropical South Atlantic SST gradient

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Espinoza, Jhan Carlo ^a   Marengo, José Antonio ^b   Ronchail, Josyane ^c   Carpio, Jorge Molina ^d   Flores, Luís Noriega ^e   Guyot, Jean Loup ^f  

^a INSTITUTO GEOFÍSICO DEL PERÚ   (Peru)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRÉS   (Bolivia)

^e Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología   (Bolivia)

^f INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (Peru)

Author keywords

Amazon basin; Bolivian Amazon; Brazilian Amazon; extreme flood; Madeira river

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; OCEANOGRAPHY; RAIN;

AMAZON BASIN; BOLIVIAN AMAZON; BRAZILIAN AMAZON; EXTREME FLOOD; MOISTURE TRANSPORT; WARM CONDITIONS; WESTERN PACIFIC; WET CONDITIONS;

TROPICS;

EXTREME EVENT; FLOOD; MOISTURE TRANSFER; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

AMAZON BASIN; ANDES; ARGENTINA; RIO NEGRO [ARGENTINA];

EID: 84919628901     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/9/12/124007     Document Type: Article

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