Response of South American Terrestrial Ecosystems to Future Patterns of Sea Surface Temperature

Figure 1

Seasonal cycle of precipitation climatology for the North of South America (a), West Amazonia (b), East Amazonia (c), Northeast Brazil (d), Central Brazil (e), and Patagonia (f). Individual data sources (various markers; see legend). Boxes indicate the regions as defined for this analysis in the period of 1971–2000.