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DOI | 10.1038/s41561-019-0393-8 |
Common cause for severe droughts in South America and marine heatwaves in the South Atlantic | |
Rodrigues, Regina R.1; Taschetto, Andrea S.2,3; Sen Gupta, Alex2,3; Foltz, Gregory R.4 | |
2019-08-01 | |
发表期刊 | NATURE GEOSCIENCE
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ISSN | 1752-0894 |
EISSN | 1752-0908 |
出版年 | 2019 |
卷号 | 12期号:8页码:620-+ |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Brazil; Australia; USA |
英文摘要 | In 2013/14 eastern South America experienced one of its worst droughts. At the same time an unprecedented marine heatwave developed in the western South Atlantic. The drought was linked to suppression of the South Atlantic convergence zone and its associated rainfall, which led to water shortages in Brazil and impacted food supplies globally. Here we show from observations that such droughts and adjacent marine heatwaves have a common remote cause. Atmospheric blocking triggered by tropical convection in the Indian and Pacific oceans can cause persistent anticyclonic circulation that not only leads to severe drought but also generates marine heatwaves in the adjacent ocean. We show that increased shortwave radiation due to reduced cloud cover and reduced ocean heat loss from weaker winds are the main contributors to the establishment of marine heatwaves in the region. The proposed mechanism, which involves droughts, extreme air temperature over land and atmospheric blocking explains approximately 60% of the marine heatwave events in the western South Atlantic. We also identified an increase in frequency, duration, intensity and extension of marine heatwave events over the satellite period 1982-2016. Moreover, surface primary production was reduced during these events with implications for regional fisheries. |
领域 | 地球科学 ; 气候变化 |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000477864200011 |
WOS关键词 | OCEAN ; CIRCULATION ; SUMMER ; OSCILLATION ; PERSISTENCE ; RESOLUTION ; BLOCKING ; IMPACTS ; LAYER ; WAVE |
WOS类目 | Geosciences, Multidisciplinary |
WOS研究方向 | Geology |
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/185814 |
专题 | 地球科学 气候变化 |
作者单位 | 1.Univ Fed Santa Catarina, Dept Oceanog, Florianopolis, SC, Brazil; 2.Univ New South Wales, Climate Change Res Ctr, Sydney, NSW, Australia; 3.Univ New South Wales, ARC Ctr Excellence Climate Extremes, Sydney, NSW, Australia; 4.NOAA, Atlantic Oceanog & Meteorol Lab, Miami, FL 33149 USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Rodrigues, Regina R.,Taschetto, Andrea S.,Sen Gupta, Alex,et al. Common cause for severe droughts in South America and marine heatwaves in the South Atlantic[J]. NATURE GEOSCIENCE,2019,12(8):620-+. |
APA | Rodrigues, Regina R.,Taschetto, Andrea S.,Sen Gupta, Alex,&Foltz, Gregory R..(2019).Common cause for severe droughts in South America and marine heatwaves in the South Atlantic.NATURE GEOSCIENCE,12(8),620-+. |
MLA | Rodrigues, Regina R.,et al."Common cause for severe droughts in South America and marine heatwaves in the South Atlantic".NATURE GEOSCIENCE 12.8(2019):620-+. |
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