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A 50-year cycle of sea surface temperature regulates decadal precipitation in the tropical and South Atlantic region

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Abstract Northeast Brazil and Western Africa are two regions geographically separated by the Atlantic Ocean, both home to vulnerable populations living in semi-arid areas. Atlantic Ocean modes of variability and their interactions with the atmosphere are the main drivers of decadal precipitation in these Atlantic Ocean coastal areas. How these low-frequency modes of variability evolve and interact with each other is key to understanding and predicting decadal precipitation. Here we use the Self-Organizing Maps neural network with different variables to unravel causality between the Atlantic modes of variability and their interactions with the atmosphere. Our study finds an 82% (p<0.05) anti-correlation between decadal rainfall in Northeast Brazil and Western Africa from 1979 to 2005. We also find three multi-decadal cycles: 1870-1920, 1920-1970, and 1970-2019 (satellite era), pointing to a 50-year periodicity governing the sea surface temperature anomalies of Tropical and South Atlantic. Our results demonstrate how Northeast Brazil and Western Africa rainfall anti-correlation was formed in the satellite era and how it might be part of a 50-year cycle from the Tropical and South Atlantic decadal variability.
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hal-04423759 , version 1 (31-01-2024)

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Iuri Gorenstein, Ilana Wainer, Francesco Pausata, Luciana Prado, Myriam Khodri, et al.. A 50-year cycle of sea surface temperature regulates decadal precipitation in the tropical and South Atlantic region. Communications Earth & Environment, 2023, 4 (1), pp.427. ⟨10.1038/s43247-023-01073-0⟩. ⟨hal-04423759⟩
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