The relation between sea surface temperature at the subtropical South-Central Pacific and precipitation in Southeastern South America
This paper deals with the relationship between the interannual variability of sea surface temperature (SST) and its associated atmospheric circulation and rainfall variability over southeastern South America (SSA), namely the subtropical region east of the Andes between 20° and 40°S, during the aust...
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todo:paper_08948755_v15_n1_p251_Barros2023-10-03T15:42:07Z The relation between sea surface temperature at the subtropical South-Central Pacific and precipitation in Southeastern South America Barros, V.R. Silvestri, G.E. Numerical analysis Precipitation (meteorology) Thermal stratification Sea surface temperatures (SST) Climatology atmospheric circulation El Nino La Nina precipitation (climatology) sea surface temperature South America This paper deals with the relationship between the interannual variability of sea surface temperature (SST) and its associated atmospheric circulation and rainfall variability over southeastern South America (SSA), namely the subtropical region east of the Andes between 20° and 40°S, during the austral spring. Rainfall in SSA and SST interannual variability is studied using canonical correlation analysis. The first two modes show the well-known warm-wet and cold-dry pattern between the equatorial SST and rainfall over most of this part of the world. However, SST in the equatorial regions does not modulate rainfall variability among El Niño (EN) years or among La Niña (LN) years. On the other hand, it does modulate this variability between EN and LN cases as a whole and among neutral cases indicating that the SSA rainfall response to equatorial Pacific SST is not linear over the observed SST range, having no dependence on the extremes of this range. In contrast, among EN events, SST in the subtropical south-central Pacific (SSCP) modulates the seasonal rainfall over most of SSA. Also, when all the years are considered, this SST has a correlation with precipitation of magnitude similar to those corresponding to the SST in EN regions. Consistent with this, the circulation field has enhanced cyclonic (anticyclonic) advection over subtropical SSA when SST in the SSCP is cold (warm). SSTs in EN-3 or EN-3.4 regions and in the SSCP are negatively correlated, but their correlation is practically zero when only EN cases or only neutral cases are considered, and very small in LN cases. This allows a stratification analysis composing cases according to different SSTs in EN-3 and EN-3.4 regions with almost constant SST in the SSCP and similarly according to different SST in the SSCP with approximately constant SST in EN regions. The composite difference fields with constant equatorial SST and with constant SST in the SSCP have a wave train in the Pacific similar to the ENSO-like pattern. Besides most of the ENSO circulation signal at 200 hPa over mid-and high latitudes is associated with SST variability at the SSCP rather than with SST variability in EN regions. JOUR info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_08948755_v15_n1_p251_Barros |
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Numerical analysis Precipitation (meteorology) Thermal stratification Sea surface temperatures (SST) Climatology atmospheric circulation El Nino La Nina precipitation (climatology) sea surface temperature South America |
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Numerical analysis Precipitation (meteorology) Thermal stratification Sea surface temperatures (SST) Climatology atmospheric circulation El Nino La Nina precipitation (climatology) sea surface temperature South America Barros, V.R. Silvestri, G.E. The relation between sea surface temperature at the subtropical South-Central Pacific and precipitation in Southeastern South America |
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Numerical analysis Precipitation (meteorology) Thermal stratification Sea surface temperatures (SST) Climatology atmospheric circulation El Nino La Nina precipitation (climatology) sea surface temperature South America |
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This paper deals with the relationship between the interannual variability of sea surface temperature (SST) and its associated atmospheric circulation and rainfall variability over southeastern South America (SSA), namely the subtropical region east of the Andes between 20° and 40°S, during the austral spring. Rainfall in SSA and SST interannual variability is studied using canonical correlation analysis. The first two modes show the well-known warm-wet and cold-dry pattern between the equatorial SST and rainfall over most of this part of the world. However, SST in the equatorial regions does not modulate rainfall variability among El Niño (EN) years or among La Niña (LN) years. On the other hand, it does modulate this variability between EN and LN cases as a whole and among neutral cases indicating that the SSA rainfall response to equatorial Pacific SST is not linear over the observed SST range, having no dependence on the extremes of this range. In contrast, among EN events, SST in the subtropical south-central Pacific (SSCP) modulates the seasonal rainfall over most of SSA. Also, when all the years are considered, this SST has a correlation with precipitation of magnitude similar to those corresponding to the SST in EN regions. Consistent with this, the circulation field has enhanced cyclonic (anticyclonic) advection over subtropical SSA when SST in the SSCP is cold (warm). SSTs in EN-3 or EN-3.4 regions and in the SSCP are negatively correlated, but their correlation is practically zero when only EN cases or only neutral cases are considered, and very small in LN cases. This allows a stratification analysis composing cases according to different SSTs in EN-3 and EN-3.4 regions with almost constant SST in the SSCP and similarly according to different SST in the SSCP with approximately constant SST in EN regions. The composite difference fields with constant equatorial SST and with constant SST in the SSCP have a wave train in the Pacific similar to the ENSO-like pattern. Besides most of the ENSO circulation signal at 200 hPa over mid-and high latitudes is associated with SST variability at the SSCP rather than with SST variability in EN regions. |
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Barros, V.R. Silvestri, G.E. |
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Barros, V.R. Silvestri, G.E. |
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Barros, V.R. |
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The relation between sea surface temperature at the subtropical South-Central Pacific and precipitation in Southeastern South America |
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The relation between sea surface temperature at the subtropical South-Central Pacific and precipitation in Southeastern South America |
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The relation between sea surface temperature at the subtropical South-Central Pacific and precipitation in Southeastern South America |
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The relation between sea surface temperature at the subtropical South-Central Pacific and precipitation in Southeastern South America |
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The relation between sea surface temperature at the subtropical South-Central Pacific and precipitation in Southeastern South America |
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relation between sea surface temperature at the subtropical south-central pacific and precipitation in southeastern south america |
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