Open AccessRecent intensification of Amazon flooding extremes driven by strengthened Walker circulation
Author(s) -
Jonathan Barichivich,
Emanuel Gloor,
Philippe Peylin,
Roel Brienen,
Jochen Schöngart,
Jhan Carlo Espinoza,
Kanhu Charan Pattnayak
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
science advances
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.928
H-Index - 146
ISSN - 2375-2548
DOI - 10.1126/sciadv.aat8785
Subject(s) - amazon rainforest , flooding (psychology) , circulation (fluid dynamics) , environmental science , atmospheric circulation , geography , climatology , walker circulation , meteorology , ecology , geology , biology , precipitation , engineering , psychotherapist , aerospace engineering , psychology
A recent increase in extreme flooding in Amazonia is linked to intensification of the atmospheric east-west Walker circulation.
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