Tropical Atlantic Contributions to Strong Rainfall Variability Along the Northeast Brazilian Coast

Figure 7

Temporal evolution of the SAWP (averaged over 30°–15°W and 15°–5°S): SST and zonal PWS (averaged over 30°–15°W and 20°–10°S for PWSx) anomalies ((a) and (c)); MLD and BLT anomalies ((b) and (d)) from February-March (FM) to June-July (JJ). ((a) and (b)) Composites are relative to 9 years of positive (>+0.5) normalized rainfall anomalies at Recife (ENEB), and ((c) and (d)) Composites are relative to 9 years of negative (<−0.5) normalized rainfall anomalies at Recife (ENEB).

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