@Article{KayanoAndr:2006:ReRaAn,
               author = "Kayano, Mary Toshie and Andreoli, Rita Valeria.",
          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)",
                title = "Relationships between rainfall anomalies over northeastern Brazil 
                         and the El Niņo- Southern Oscillation",
              journal = "Journal of Geophysical Research",
                 year = "2006",
               volume = "111",
               number = "D13",
                pages = "D13101",
                month = "July",
             keywords = "Sea-surface temperature , tropical atlantic-ocean, climate 
                         variability, precipitation, circulation,pacific,america.",
             abstract = "In this paper, sea surface temperature (SST) and sea level 
                         pressure variability modes associated with climate extremes ( 
                         droughts and floods) over northeastern Brazil (NEB) stratified 
                         according to the El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) phases ( El 
                         Nino, La Nina, and neutral) are reexamined. The analyses indicate 
                         that only 36% of the time an ENSO-based forecast for the NEB 
                         climate would be right. This relatively low percentage is mostly 
                         because the interannual variations of the NEB climate are more 
                         closely tied to the tropical South Atlantic SST variability modes 
                         than to the tropical Pacific variability mode. An interesting 
                         aspect revealed in the present analysis is that hints of the 
                         February April SST anomaly patterns in the tropical Atlantic for 
                         dry and wet cases which are not directly related to the ENSO can 
                         be found months prior to the NEB rainy season. Since these hints 
                         are particularly strong in the tropical South Atlantic, the SST 
                         variations in this sector during months prior to the rainy season 
                         should be carefully monitored in the diagnostic activities.",
           copyholder = "SID/SCD",
                 issn = "0148-0227 and 2156-2202",
             language = "en",
           targetfile = "Kayano.relations.pdf",
        urlaccessdate = "11 maio 2024"
}