%0 Journal Article
%4 sid.inpe.br/mtc-m17@80/2008/04.09.18.30
%2 sid.inpe.br/mtc-m17@80/2008/04.09.18.30.40
%@doi 10.1088/1748-9326/3/1/014002
%@issn 1748-9326
%T Causes and impacts of the 2005 Amazon drought
%D 2008
%8 Jan-Mar
%A Zeng, Ning,
%A Yoon, Jin-Ho,
%A Marengo, José Antonio,
%A Subramaniam, Ajit,
%A Nobre, Carlos Afonso,
%A Mariotti, Annarita,
%A Neelin, J. David,
%@affiliation
%@affiliation
%@affiliation Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE/CPTEC)
%@affiliation Columbia Univ, Lamont Doherty Earth Observ, Palisades, NY 10964 USA
%@affiliation Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE/CPTEC)
%@affiliation Univ Maryland, Earth Syst Sci Interdisciplinary Ctr, College Pk, MD 20742 USA
%@affiliation Univ Calif Los Angeles, Dept Atmospher Ocean & Space Sci, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA
%B Environmental Research Letters
%V 3
%N 014002 9pp
%P 1-9
%K sea surface temperature, tropical atlantic, rainfall, climate, pacific, basin cycle.
%X A rare drought in the Amazon culminated in 2005, leading to near record-low streamflows, small Amazon river plume, and greatly enhanced fire frequency. This episode was caused by the combination of 2002-03 El Nino and a dry spell in 2005 attributable to a warm subtropical North Atlantic Ocean. Analysis for 1979-2005 reveals that the Atlantic influence is comparable to the better-known Pacific linkage. While the Pacific influence is typically locked to the wet season, the 2005 Atlantic impact concentrated in the Amazon dry season when its hydroecosystem is most vulnerable. Such mechanisms may have wide-ranging implications for the future of the Amazon rainforest.
%@language en
%3 marengo_causes.pdf
%O Article Number: 014002