Causes and impacts of the 2005 Amazon drought

A rare drought in the Amazon culminated in 2005, leading to near record-low streamflows, small Amazon river plume, and greatly enhanced fire frequency. This episode was caused by the combination of 2002–03 El Niño and a dry spell in 2005 attributable to a warm subtropical North Atlantic Ocean. Analy...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Zeng, Ning, Yoon, Jin-Ho, Marengo, Jose A., Subramaniam, Ajit, Nobre, Carlos A., Mariotti, Annarita, Neelin, J. David
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2008
Subjects:
Droughts
Oceanography
Hydrology
Pacific
North Atlantic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.7916/D8FF3S97
id ftcolumbiauniv:oai:academiccommons.columbia.edu:10.7916/D8FF3S97
record_format openpolar
spelling ftcolumbiauniv:oai:academiccommons.columbia.edu:10.7916/D8FF3S97 2023-05-15T17:31:11+02:00 Causes and impacts of the 2005 Amazon drought Zeng, Ning Yoon, Jin-Ho Marengo, Jose A. Subramaniam, Ajit Nobre, Carlos A. Mariotti, Annarita Neelin, J. David 2008 https://doi.org/10.7916/D8FF3S97 English eng IOP Publishing https://doi.org/10.7916/D8FF3S97 Droughts Oceanography Hydrology Articles 2008 ftcolumbiauniv https://doi.org/10.7916/D8FF3S97 2019-04-04T08:14:22Z A rare drought in the Amazon culminated in 2005, leading to near record-low streamflows, small Amazon river plume, and greatly enhanced fire frequency. This episode was caused by the combination of 2002–03 El Niño and a dry spell in 2005 attributable to a warm subtropical North Atlantic Ocean. Analysis for 1979–2005 reveals that the Atlantic influence is comparable to the better-known Pacific linkage. While the Pacific influence is typically locked to the wet season, the 2005 Atlantic impact concentrated in the Amazon dry season when its hydroecosystem is most vulnerable. Such mechanisms may have wide-ranging implications for the future of the Amazon rainforest. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic Columbia University: Academic Commons Pacific
institution Open Polar
collection Columbia University: Academic Commons
op_collection_id ftcolumbiauniv
language English
topic Droughts
Oceanography
Hydrology
spellingShingle Droughts
Oceanography
Hydrology
Zeng, Ning
Yoon, Jin-Ho
Marengo, Jose A.
Subramaniam, Ajit
Nobre, Carlos A.
Mariotti, Annarita
Neelin, J. David
Causes and impacts of the 2005 Amazon drought
topic_facet Droughts
Oceanography
Hydrology
description A rare drought in the Amazon culminated in 2005, leading to near record-low streamflows, small Amazon river plume, and greatly enhanced fire frequency. This episode was caused by the combination of 2002–03 El Niño and a dry spell in 2005 attributable to a warm subtropical North Atlantic Ocean. Analysis for 1979–2005 reveals that the Atlantic influence is comparable to the better-known Pacific linkage. While the Pacific influence is typically locked to the wet season, the 2005 Atlantic impact concentrated in the Amazon dry season when its hydroecosystem is most vulnerable. Such mechanisms may have wide-ranging implications for the future of the Amazon rainforest.
format Article in Journal/Newspaper
author Zeng, Ning
Yoon, Jin-Ho
Marengo, Jose A.
Subramaniam, Ajit
Nobre, Carlos A.
Mariotti, Annarita
Neelin, J. David
author_facet Zeng, Ning
Yoon, Jin-Ho
Marengo, Jose A.
Subramaniam, Ajit
Nobre, Carlos A.
Mariotti, Annarita
Neelin, J. David
author_sort Zeng, Ning
title Causes and impacts of the 2005 Amazon drought
title_short Causes and impacts of the 2005 Amazon drought
title_full Causes and impacts of the 2005 Amazon drought
title_fullStr Causes and impacts of the 2005 Amazon drought
title_full_unstemmed Causes and impacts of the 2005 Amazon drought
title_sort causes and impacts of the 2005 amazon drought
publisher IOP Publishing
publishDate 2008
url https://doi.org/10.7916/D8FF3S97
geographic Pacific
geographic_facet Pacific
genre North Atlantic
genre_facet North Atlantic
op_relation https://doi.org/10.7916/D8FF3S97
op_doi https://doi.org/10.7916/D8FF3S97
_version_ 1766128557369589760

Similar Items