Amazonian Rainfall (IMAGE)

Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Amazonian Rainfall

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The sea surface temperature changes over both the Atlantic and the Pacific contribute to the precipitation increase over the Amazonian basin, through atmospheric teleconnections. The Atlantic sea surface temperature forcing plays a comparatively more important role. Cold colors represent the cooling of sea surface temperature, the increased precipitation and enhanced moisture transport divergence; warm colors represent the warming of sea surface temperature, the reduced precipitation and weakened moisture transport divergence.

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WANG Xinyue

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