Spatial and Temporal Variability of Rainfall in Eastern Amazon during the Rainy Season

Empirical orthogonal functions (EOF) and composites analysis were employed on pentad data in order to investigate the tropical atmospheric-ocean patterns over the Atlantic Ocean and the spatial-temporal characteristics of the rainfall in eastern Amazon during the peak of the rainy season (February t...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Douglas Batista da Silva Ferreira, Everaldo Barreiros de Souza, Bergson Cavalcanti de Moraes, Luiz Gylvan Meira Filho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2015-01-01
Series:The Scientific World Journal
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/209783