The drought of the century in the Amazon Basin: an analysis of the regional variation of rainfall in South America in 1926

  • Williams E
  • Dall' Antonia A
  • Dall' Antonia V
  • et al.
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Abstract

The most severe drought in tropical South America during the 20th century occurred in 1926. This extreme El Nino year is further documented anecdotally, in an update of the river stage observations at Manaus, and in annual rainfall records. The annual rainfall anomaly is an east-west dipole over tropical South America, with drought to the west over the Amazon basin whose discharge is documented at Manaus, and with a surplus to the east and including the Nordeste region of Brazil. Speculations about a role for aerosol in aggravating the drought are discussed.A mais severa seca nos trópicos da América do Sul durante o século 20 ocorreu em 1926. Este ano extremo de El Niño é documentado nos níveis de observações do rio (Negro) em Manaus, nos registros anuais de precipitação e anedoticamente. A anomalia anual de precipitação é um dipolo leste-oeste sobre os trópicos da América do Sul, com seca a oeste sobre a bacia Amazônica cuja a descarga é documentada em Manaus, e um residuo para o leste incluindo a região nordeste do Brasil. Especulações sobre a função dos aerosóis na agravação da seca são discutidos.

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Williams, E., Dall’ Antonia, A., Dall’ Antonia, V., Almeida, J. M. de, Suarez, F., Liebmann, B., & Malhado, A. C. M. (2005). The drought of the century in the Amazon Basin: an analysis of the regional variation of rainfall in South America in 1926. Acta Amazonica, 35(2), 231–238. https://doi.org/10.1590/s0044-59672005000200013

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