The extreme 2014 flood in south-western Amazon basin: the role of tropical-subtropical South Atlantic SST gradient

Unprecedented wet conditions are reported in the 2014 summer (December-March) in South-western Amazon, with rainfall about 100% above normal. Discharge in the Madeira River (the main southern Amazon tributary) has been 74% higher than normal (58 000 m3 s−1) at Porto Velho and 380% (25 000 m3 s−1) at...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Environmental research letters 2014-12, Vol.9 (12), p.124007
Hauptverfasser:	Espinoza, Jhan Carlo, Marengo, José Antonio, Ronchail, Josyane, Carpio, Jorge Molina, Flores, Luís Noriega, Guyot, Jean Loup
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Amazon basin Anomalies Bolivian Amazon Brazilian Amazon Earth Sciences Environmental Sciences extreme flood Floods Freshwater Global Changes Hydrology La Nina Madeira river Marine Meteorology Rainfall River basins Sciences of the Universe Summer
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