@Article{SouzaKaToPeFiNo:2000:InElNi,
               author = "Souza, Everaldo B. de and Kayano, Mary Toshie and Tota, Julio and 
                         Pezzi, Luciano and Fisch, Gilberto and Nobre, Carlos Afonso",
          affiliation = "{CPTEC-INPE-Cachoeira Paulista -12630-000-SP-Brasil}",
                title = "On the influences of the El Nino, La Nina and Atlantic dipole 
                         pattern on the Amazonian rainfall during 1960-1998",
              journal = "Advances in Space Research",
                 year = "2000",
               volume = "30",
               number = "2",
                pages = "305--318",
             keywords = "Seasonal rainfall, ENSO, Amazon, SST anomalous north-south dipole 
                         in the Atlantic.",
             abstract = "The influence of the large-scale climatic variability dominant 
                         modes in the Pa- cific and in the Atlantic on Amazonian rainfall 
                         is investigated. The composite technique of thc Amazon 
                         precipitation anomalies is used in this work. The basis years for 
                         these composites are those in the period 1960-1998 with 
                         occurrenccs of cxtrcmes in thc Southern Oscillation (El Nino or La 
                         Nina) and thc north/south warm (or cold) sea surface temperature 
                         (SST) anomalies dipole pattem in the tropical Atlantic. Warm 
                         (cold) dipole means positive (negative) anomalies in the tropicai 
                         North Atlantic and negative (positive) anomalies in the tropical 
                         South Atlantic. Austral summer and autumn composites for extremes 
                         in the Southem Oscillation (El Nino or La Nina) and independently 
                         for north/south dipole pattem (warm or cold) of the SST anomalies 
                         in the tropical Atlantic present values (magnitude and sign) 
                         consistent with those found in previous works on the relationship 
                         between Amazon rainfall variations and the SST anomalies in the 
                         tropical Pacific and Atlantic. However, austral summer and autumn 
                         composites for the years with si- multaneous occurrences of El 
                         Nino and warm north/south dipole of the SST anomalies in the 
                         tropical Atlantic show negative precipitation anomalies extending 
                         eastward over the center-east- em Amazon. This result indicates 
                         the important role played by the tropical Atlantic in the Ama- zon 
                         anomalous rainfall distribution.",
           copyholder = "SID/SCD",
                 issn = "0273-1177",
             language = "en",
           targetfile = "Souza_On the influences.pdf",
        urlaccessdate = "2024, Apr. 29"
}