Spatial and Temporal Variability of Rainfall in Eastern Amazon during the Rainy Season
Joint Authors
Batista da Silva Ferreira, Douglas
Barreiros de Souza, Everaldo
Cavalcanti de Moraes, Bergson
Meira Filho, Luiz Gylvan
Source
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-9, 9 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-02-22
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
Medicine
Information Technology and Computer Science
Abstract EN
Empirical orthogonal functions (EOF) and composites analysis were employed on pentad data in order to investigate the tropical atmospheric-ocean patterns over the Atlantic Ocean and the spatial-temporal characteristics of the rainfall in eastern Amazon during the peak of the rainy season (February to April).
The EOF results evidenced that the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) is the main rainfall-producing system in eastern Amazon during the rainy season.
Conditions associated with the southward SST gradient in the intertropical Atlantic formed the dynamic patterns that favored the position of the ITCZ to south of the equator, thus explaining the predominance of positive precipitation anomalies in eastern Amazon, especially in the state of Maranhão and northeastern Pará during the February and April months.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Batista da Silva Ferreira, Douglas& Barreiros de Souza, Everaldo& Cavalcanti de Moraes, Bergson& Meira Filho, Luiz Gylvan. 2015. Spatial and Temporal Variability of Rainfall in Eastern Amazon during the Rainy Season. The Scientific World Journal،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1078564
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Batista da Silva Ferreira, Douglas…[et al.]. Spatial and Temporal Variability of Rainfall in Eastern Amazon during the Rainy Season. The Scientific World Journal No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1078564
American Medical Association (AMA)
Batista da Silva Ferreira, Douglas& Barreiros de Souza, Everaldo& Cavalcanti de Moraes, Bergson& Meira Filho, Luiz Gylvan. Spatial and Temporal Variability of Rainfall in Eastern Amazon during the Rainy Season. The Scientific World Journal. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1078564
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1078564