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

Figure 4

Composites for February (a) OLR anomalies in (W/m²) and wind at 200 hPa (stream lines), (b) SST anomalies (shaded in °C) and wind at 925 hPa (vectors m/s), (c) tropospheric circulation of Hadley in 050°W and Omega anomalies in colors, and (d) rainfall anomalies (mm/pentad), corresponding to the objectively selected events in the EOF1.

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