Decadal covariability of Atlantic SSTs and western Amazon dry-season hydroclimate in observations and CMIP5 simulations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 16, 2015, Pages 6793-6801

  Fernandes, Katia ^a,b   Giannini, Alessandra ^a   Verchot, Louis ^b   Baethgen, Walter ^a   Pinedo Vasquez, Miguel ^b,c  

^a Earth Institute   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^c Center for International Forestry Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon climate; CMIP5; decadal variability; predictability

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; DROUGHT; SURFACE WATERS;

AMAZON CLIMATE; CLIMATE FLUCTUATIONS; CMIP5; COUPLED MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT; DECADAL VARIABILITY; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; PREDICTABILITY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

COUPLING; DECADAL VARIATION; DROUGHT; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

AMAZON RIVER;

EID: 84941743526     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015GL063911     Document Type: Article

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