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Patterns of interannual climate variability in large marine ecosystems (2014)

The purpose of this study is to investigate the vulnerability of the Brazilian andwestern African Large Marine Ecosystems (LMEs) to local and remote forcing, including the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) regime shift. The analyses are based on the total and partial correlation between climate indices (NiƱo3, tropical South Atlantic (TSA), tropical North Atlantic (TNA) and Antarctic oscillation (AAO) and oceanic and atmospheric variables (sea surface temperature (SST), wind stress, Ekman transport, sea level pressure and outgoing longwave radiation).

08 sep. 2017

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