Amplified seasonal cycle in hydroclimate over the Amazon river basin and its plume region

The hydroclimatic variations of the Amazon River basin can exert profound impacts on the marine ecosystem in the Amazon plume region. Here the authors show that an amplified seasonal cycle of Amazonia precipitation during 1979–2018 leads to enhanced seasonality in both Amazon river discharge and oce...

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Main Authors: Yu-Chiao Liang, Min-Hui Lo, Chia-Wei Lan, Hyodae Seo, Caroline C. Ummenhofer, Stephen Yeager, Ren-Jie Wu, John D. Steffen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18187-0