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A Influência da Circulação de Revolvimento Meridional do Atlântico na Definição da Posição Média da ZCIT ao Norte do Equador. Uma Revisão
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2016-12) AIMOLA, Luis Antônio Lacerda; MOURA, Mauricio do Nascimento
The Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) is considered the most important atmospheric system in the generation of precipitation in the tropics. Although in the present climate the annual average insolation is symmetrical around the equator, the ITCZ is positioned north of the equator, also having the maximum of precipitation there. In this review article we describe the vision developed in recent studies of the influence of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation on the Hadley cell in determining of the ZCIT's position asymmetry. We indicate the importance of strengthening this research topic in face of possible future displacements of the ITCZ with global warming and the consequent tropical rain regime changes.
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Variabilidade da precipitação em tempo e espaço associada à Zona de Convergência Intertropical
(2012-12) MOURA, Mauricio do Nascimento; VITORINO, Maria Isabel
This study aims to present an atmospheric analysis of spatial and temporal variability of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) in Belem, Jakarta and Nairobi, which are located on the continents of South America, Asia and Africa, respectively. For this, daily precipitation and observed long wave radiation data for the period 1999 to 2008 were used, and mathematical and statistical techniques, such as the arithmetic mean and the Morlet wavelet transform were applied. In general, the results indicate that spatially, the month rainfall varies considerably, since that the three studied cities are located far apart in different continents in the tropical zone. This occurs mainly during the months from January to May, period of greatest activity of the ITCZ in the southern hemisphere. The atmospheric variations observed from the phase wavelet scalograms indicate that the interdecadal scales, annual, interannual and intraseasonal scales are rainfall modulators. Such scales can be represented by the ocean-atmosphere phenomenon mechanisms of El Niño Southern Oscillation and intraseasonal oscillation of Madden and Julian. The contribution of these phenomena to the rainfall distribution over these regions is evident during the study period, and Nairobi, in spite of being located at latitude similar to that of Belem, shows low evidence of the annual cycle and high at interdecadal scale. In the case of Belem and Jakarta oscillations at multiscale rainfall concentrated in the mechanisms scales that modulate the rain associated with the annual cycle and intraseasonal cycle during the period.