Influence of sea surface temperature in the occurrence and physical and morphological features of convective systems on the Northern Northeast Brazil

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https://doi.org/10.55761/abclima.v34i20.17461

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Remote sensing, Convective activity, Brightness temperature

Abstract

This study investigates the interannual variability of occurrence and physical features of Convective Systems (CS) during the autumn season (from March to May) over the Northern Northeast Brazil (NNEB). Five different scenarios were considered of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) effect as well as the inter-hemispheric gradient tropical of Atlantic (GradATL) from 1984 to 2008. For this, analyzes from ISCCP-Tracking database and monthly Sea Surface Temperature (SST) data for the area of Niño3.4 (170° W-120° W, 5°S-5°N), North (5-20°N, 60-30°W) and South (0-20°S, 30°W-10°E) Tropical Atlantic from NOAA_ERSST_V3 were used. Results show high interannual variability in the occurrence of CS, with the major (minor) detections when the oceanic conditions were favorable (neutral) to rainfall in NNEB. The physical features of CS in the favorable, El Niño/Grad_S and La Niña/Grad_N oceanic patterns indicated they were larger, deeper and had more convective activity, which is an indicative of probable higher rainfall rate associated. In contrast, in the unfavorable and neutral scenarios they were smaller and less convective.

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Felipe Jeferson de Medeiros, Departamento de Ciências Atmosféricas e Climáticas, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal-RN, Brasil

Bombeiro Militar. Casado. Papai do Igor. Possui graduação em Meteorologia (2017) e mestrado em Ciências Climáticas (2019) pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte. Atuou como pesquisador na sala de situação da Secretária do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos Hídricos do estado do Rio Grande do Norte (2019-2021). Atualmente é aluno de doutorado. Tem experiência na área de Geociências, com ênfase em Meteorologia e Climatologia, atuando principalmente nos temas ligados a eventos extremos de precipitação, mudanças climáticas, modelagem numérica, variabilidade climática e hidrometeorologia.

Weber Andrade Gonçalves , Departamento de Ciências Atmosféricas e Climáticas, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal-RN, Brasil

Possui graduação em Meteorologia pela Universidade Federal de Campina Grande (2007). É mestre em meteorologia pelo INPE, com atuação em meteorologia focada para o sensoriamento remoto da atmosfera (2009). É doutor em Meteorologia no INPE com estágio no exterior, realizado na City University of New York nos Estados Unidos (2013). Realizou Pós-doutorado na Universidade Federal de Campina Grande. Trabalhou na área de meteorologia operacional no Centro Nacional de Monitoramento e Alertas de Desastres Naturais (2014-2015). Atualmente é Professor do Magistério Superior no Departamento de Ciências Atmosféricas e Climáticas na Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte. Tem experiência na área de Geociências, com ênfase em Meteorologia Sinótica, Climatologia e Sensoriamento Remoto da Atmosfera.

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13/04/2024

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Medeiros, F. J. de, & Gonçalves , W. A. (2024). Influence of sea surface temperature in the occurrence and physical and morphological features of convective systems on the Northern Northeast Brazil. Brazilian Journal of Climatology, 34(20), 482–504. https://doi.org/10.55761/abclima.v34i20.17461

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