Seasonal Climatology and Dynamical Mechanisms of Rainfall in the Caribbean

• Main Authors: Martinez, Carlos Javier, Goddard, Lisa M., Kushnir, Yochanan, Ting, Mingfang
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Columbia University 2019
• Subjects: Precipitation Meteorology; Large scale systems; Pacific; Nash; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-50sy-4308; https://academiccommons.columbia.edu/doi/10.7916/d8-50sy-4308

The Caribbean is a complex region that heavily relies on its rainfall cycle for its economic and societal needs. This makes the Caribbean especially susceptible to hydro-meteorological disasters (i.e. droughts and floods). Previous studies have investigated the seasonal cycle of rainfall in the Cari...