@Article{RaoGiarKayaFran:2006:ReInTr,
               author = "Rao, Vadlamudi Brahmananda and Giarolla, Emanuel and Kayano, Mary 
                         Toshie and Franchito, Sergio Henrique",
          affiliation = "Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE), Centro de 
                         Previs{\~a}o de Tempo e Estudos Clim{\'a}ticos (CPTEC) and 
                         Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE), Centro de 
                         Previs{\~a}o de Tempo e Estudos Clim{\'a}ticos (CPTEC) and 
                         Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE), Centro de 
                         Previs{\~a}o de Tempo e Estudos Clim{\'a}ticos (CPTEC) and 
                         Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE), Centro de 
                         Previs{\~a}o de Tempo e Estudos Clim{\'a}ticos (CPTEC)",
                title = "Is the recent increasing trend in rainfall over Northeast Brazil 
                         related to sub-Saharan drought ?",
              journal = "Journal of Climate",
                 year = "2006",
               volume = "19",
               number = "17",
                pages = "4448--4453",
                month = "Jan.",
             keywords = "rainfall, northeast Brazil, sub-Saharan, intertropical convergence 
                         zone.",
             abstract = "In recent years, there has been an increase in rainfall over 
                         northeast Brazil (Nordeste), while over the sub-Saharan region 
                         there has been a drought. The correlation coefficients between the 
                         II 1vr running means of the rainfall series over the two regions 
                         are significant (at the 95% confidence level by a two-sided t 
                         test), suggesting that both trends are related. The rainfall 
                         variations over the two regions are connected to the position of 
                         the intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) over the Atlantic. A 
                         more southward (northward) position of the ITCZ is favorable for 
                         higher than normal rainfall over Nordeste (sub-Sahara). The 
                         correlation coefficient between the position of the ITCZ over the 
                         Atlantic and the rainfall over Nordeste (sub-Sahara) is negative 
                         (positive) and highly significant, reaching values over 0.9. Thus, 
                         this study suggests that a more southward than normal location of 
                         the ITCZ in the Atlantic may be the cause for the recent 
                         increasing (decreasing) trend of rainfall over Nordeste 
                         (sub-Sahara).",
           copyholder = "SID/SCD",
                 issn = "0894-8755",
             language = "en",
           targetfile = "Rao.Recent.pdf",
        urlaccessdate = "16 jun. 2024"
}