Why was the Paraná flood of 2016 weaker than that of 1998?

• Published in: International Journal of Climatology
• Main Authors: Antico, Andres, Diaz, Henry
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: John Wiley & Sons Ltd
• Subjects: SOUTH AMERICA; PARANÁ RIVER; FLOODS; EL NIÑO; ENSO; NAO; IPO; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Pacific; Argentina; Diaz; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/233052

Although the 2015-16 El Niño was expected to cause a severe Paraná River flood similar to that associated with the 1997?98 El Niño, the Paraná flood of 2016 was considerably weaker than that of 1998. Here we explain this by analyzing Paraná discharge data (1904-2017) to assess the contributions of d...