Dynamic study of the impact of El Niño / south oscillation on the climate of the Americas

• Grant number: 98/12976-0
• Support type: Regular Research Grants
• Duration: May 01, 1999 - April 30, 2001
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Geosciences - Meteorology
• Principal researcher: Tercio Ambrizzi
• Grantee: Tercio Ambrizzi
• Home Institution: Instituto de Astronomia, Geofísica e Ciências Atmosféricas (IAG). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

In this study, the difference in the climatic anomalies over the subtropical part of the Americas during several Enos events is examined. The differences observed in the phase and intensity of the almost stationary cyclonic circulation between these events will be studied through the analysis of the characteristics of the anomalous convective warming in the central Pacific. By means of observational studies and numerical experiments with a baroclinical model of primitive equations, the response of the atmosphere to various types of thermal forcings will be shown. Data derived from simulations carried out with the CCM3/NCAR model, which used monthly averages of observed TSM, will also be analyzed. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

PEZZA‚ A.B.; AMBRIZZI‚ T. Cold waves in South America and freezing temperatures in São Paulo: historical background (1888-2003) and case studies of cyclone and anticyclone tracks. Revista Brasileira de Meteorologia, v. 20, n. 1, p. 141-158, 2005.