Heavy Rainfall Episodes in the Eastern Northeast Brazil Linked to Large-Scale Ocean-Atmosphere Conditions in the Tropical Atlantic
Figure 9
Altitude-longitude composite values (a) and composite anomalies (b) of zonal wind (m·s−1) averaged over 2.5°S–12.5°S during the periods of the twelve selected events from the onset of EWs until the day (or first day) of strong rainfall anomaly episodes over ENEB. The vertical dashed line at 36°W schematizes the mean longitude of littoral ENEB. Easterlies (negative values) are shaded.
