Influence of the North Atlantic Oscillation on the Winter Season in Cuba

• Published in: Environmental Sciences Proceedings
• Main Authors: Graciela González, Amílcar Calzada, Alejandro Rodríguez
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: NAO; cold fronts; winter season; regression analysis; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/ecas2021-10357

There have been several advances in understanding the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), but there are still uncertainties regarding its level of influence on the tropical climate. That is why this work determines the influence of the NAO on the main hydrometeorological events that affected Cuba in the 1999–2016 period. To comply with this, a regression analysis is carried out in the CurveExpert software where the combined influence of the NAO and El Niño-Southern Oscillation on hydrometeorological events is also examined. It was found that the NAO exerts a greater influence on Cuba when it is in its negative phase during the winter season.