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On the variability of seasonal temperature in southern South America |
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| Authors: | Ana Laura Berman Gabriel Silvestri Rosa Compagnucci |
| Institution: | 1. Centro de Investigaciones del Mar y la Atmósfera (CIMA), UMI3351-IFAECI CNRS-CONICET-UBA, Int. Guiraldes 2160, Ciudad Universitaria, C1428EGA, Buenos Aires, Argentina 2. Centro de Investigaciones del Mar y la Atmósfera (CIMA), UMI3351-IFAECI CNRS-CONICET-UBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina 3. Departamento de Ciencias de la Atmósfera y los Océanos (DCAO-FCEyN-UBA) and Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Abstract: | The aim of this paper is to investigate different aspects of the seasonal-to-interannual temperature variability in Eastern Patagonia, the southernmost area of South America, east of the Andes Cordillera. Homogenous regions of seasonal variability and the atmospheric circulation patterns associated with warm and cold conditions in each of them are described in this study. Relationships between temperature in Eastern Patagonia and that registered in other areas of southern South America are also addressed. Results show that the northern and southern areas of Eastern Patagonia have different temperature variability in summer and autumn whereas the temperature variability tends to be more homogeneous within the region during winter and spring. Warm (cold) conditions in the northern areas are associated with reinforced (weakened) westerlies in summer, winter and spring whereas northerly (southerly) advections of warm (cold) air toward the region produce such conditions in autumn. Temperature in the southern portion of Eastern Patagonia is affected by anticyclonic (cyclonic) anomalies that enhance (reduce) the incoming solar radiation and induce reinforced (weakened) westerlies promoting warm (cold) conditions in the region. Furthermore, cyclonic (anticyclonic) anomalies at subpolar latitudes hinder (favor) outbreaks of cold air increasing (decreasing) the temperature over areas of Eastern Patagonia. The circulation anomalies associated with warm (cold) conditions in Eastern Patagonia also promote cold (warm) conditions over areas of northern Argentina, Paraguay and southern Brazil. Consequently, a dipole of temperature is detected in southern South America with centers of opposite sign over these regions. |
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