@InCollection{CarvalhoCava:2016:SoAmMo,
author = "Carvalho, Leila Maria V{\'e}spoli de and Cavalcanti, Iracema
Fonseca de Albuquerque",
title = "The South American Monsoon System (SAMS)",
booktitle = "The Monsoons and Climate Change",
publisher = "Springer International Publishing",
year = "2016",
editor = "Carvalho, Leila Maria V{\'e}spoli de and Jones, Charles",
pages = "121--148",
address = "Suica",
keywords = "Mon{\c{c}}{\~a}o da Am{\'e}rica do Sul, SAMS, climate change.",
abstract = "The South American Monsoon System (SAMS) is the most important
climatic feature of the continent. It provides water resources for
millions of people living in rural and urban areas, and is a
dominant control on both agriculture and on hydroelectric power
generation, which is the primary source of electricity in South
America. SAMS exhibits variations on a broad range of scales,
which further depend on complex multi-system interactions,
feedback and teleconnections. Global warming plays a major role in
modifying monsoonal circulations and coupled modes of variability
in the tropics and extratropics, with potential to alter the SAMS
characteristics. South America has been experiencing progressive
warming that may critically impact the continents hydrological
cycle. This chapter reviews the main characteristics of the SAMS
and discusses observational and modeling studies investigating
ongoing and future projections of climatic changes.",
affiliation = "{} and {Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)}",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-319-21650-8_6",
url = "http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21650-8_6",
isbn = "9783319216492 and 978-3-319-21650-8",
label = "lattes: 6731029375224939 2 CarvalhoCava:2016:SoAmMo",
language = "pt",
url = "http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-319-21650-8_6",
urlaccessdate = "09 maio 2024"
}