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%4 sid.inpe.br/plutao/2016/06.14.12.08
%2 sid.inpe.br/plutao/2016/06.14.12.08.05
%@doi 10.1007/978-3-319-21650-8_6
%@isbn 9783319216492
%@isbn 978-3-319-21650-8
%F lattes: 6731029375224939 2 CarvalhoCava:2016:SoAmMo
%T The South American Monsoon System (SAMS)
%D 2016
%A Carvalho, Leila Maria Véspoli de,
%A Cavalcanti, Iracema Fonseca de Albuquerque,
%@affiliation
%@affiliation Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)
%@electronicmailaddress leila@eri.ucsb.edu
%@electronicmailaddress iracema.cavalcanti@inpe.br
%E Carvalho, Leila Maria Véspoli de,
%E Jones, Charles,
%B The Monsoons and Climate Change
%I Springer International Publishing
%C Suica
%P 121-148
%K Monção da América do Sul, SAMS, climate change.
%X 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.
%@language pt
%U http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-319-21650-8_6


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