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Abstract:

A climatology of the South American low-level jet east of the Andes (SALLJ) is developed using the 1950-2000 circulation and moisture fields from the NCEP-NCAR reanalyses and available upper-air observations made in Bolivia and Paraguay since 1998. Upper- and low-level circulation fields were derived for seasonal means and SALLJ composites during the warm and cold seasons. The Bonner criterion I was applied for sites in central Bolivia and downstream near northern Paraguay, to determine the spatial and temporal characteristics of the SALLJ. On the circulation characteristics, SALLJ composites during the warm season show the enhanced low-level meridional moisture transport coming from equatorial South America as well as an upper-level wave train emanating from the west Pacific propagating toward South America. The intensification of the warm season SALLJ follows the establishment of an upper-level ridge over southern Brazil and a trough over most of Argentina. The circulation anomalies at upper and lower levels suggest that the intensification of the SALLJ would lead to an intensification of the South Atlantic convergence zone (SACZ) later on and to the penetration of cold fronts with an area of enhanced convection ahead at the exit region of the SALLJ. Regarding the time variability, the SALLJ seems to occur all year long, bringing tropical moist air masses from the Amazon into southern Brazil-northern Argentina more frequently in the warm season, and bringing tropical maritime air, which is less humid than the tropical air masses coming from the subtropical Atlantic high, more frequently during the cold season. SALLJs are detected mostly during the warm season to the north of -20°S, while to the south the SALLJs seem to occur all year long. The diurnal cycle shows that SALLJs are more frequent and intense between 0600 and 1200 UTC for the warm season north of 20°S, while at the region downstream the maximum is detected between 0000 and 0600 UTC during the cold season. At interannual time scales, even though there is a weak tendency for stronger and more frequent warm season SALLJ episodes in years with anomalously warm surface waters in the tropical Pacific, it cannot be affirmed with a large degree of certainty that there is a strong relationship between the occurrence of El Niño events and the number and/ or intensity of SALLJ episodes. However, the 1998 El Niño featured more frequent and intense warm season jet episodes than occurred during the 1999 La Niña, and this has been demonstrated by the reanalyses, the available Pan American Climate Studies-Sound Network (PACS-SONET) upper-air observations, and by other studies using independent datasets and regional modeling. © 2004 American Meteorological Society.

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Documento: Artículo
Título:Climatology of the low-level jet east of the Andes as derived from the NCEP-NCAR reanalyses: Characteristics and temporal variability
Autor:Marengo, J.A.; Soares, W.R.; Saulo, C.; Nicolini, M.
Filiación:CPTEC/INPE, Rodovia Presidente Dutra KM 40, São Paulo 12630-000, Brazil
CIMA, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Palabras clave:Climate change; Convergence of numerical methods; Geographical regions; Jets; Moisture; Circulation anomalies; Moisture transportation; Climatology; air mass; atmospheric circulation; atmospheric modeling; climatology; jet flow; meridional circulation; temporal variation; Andes; South America
Año:2004
Volumen:17
Número:12
Página de inicio:2261
Página de fin:2280
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/1520-0442(2004)017<2261:COTLJE>2.0.CO;2
Título revista:Journal of Climate
Título revista abreviado:J. Clim.
ISSN:08948755
Registro:https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_08948755_v17_n12_p2261_Marengo

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Marengo, J.A., Soares, W.R., Saulo, C. & Nicolini, M. (2004) . Climatology of the low-level jet east of the Andes as derived from the NCEP-NCAR reanalyses: Characteristics and temporal variability. Journal of Climate, 17(12), 2261-2280.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/1520-0442(2004)017<2261:COTLJE>2.0.CO;2
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Marengo, J.A., Soares, W.R., Saulo, C., Nicolini, M. "Climatology of the low-level jet east of the Andes as derived from the NCEP-NCAR reanalyses: Characteristics and temporal variability" . Journal of Climate 17, no. 12 (2004) : 2261-2280.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/1520-0442(2004)017<2261:COTLJE>2.0.CO;2
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Marengo, J.A., Soares, W.R., Saulo, C., Nicolini, M. "Climatology of the low-level jet east of the Andes as derived from the NCEP-NCAR reanalyses: Characteristics and temporal variability" . Journal of Climate, vol. 17, no. 12, 2004, pp. 2261-2280.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/1520-0442(2004)017<2261:COTLJE>2.0.CO;2
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Marengo, J.A., Soares, W.R., Saulo, C., Nicolini, M. Climatology of the low-level jet east of the Andes as derived from the NCEP-NCAR reanalyses: Characteristics and temporal variability. J. Clim. 2004;17(12):2261-2280.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/1520-0442(2004)017<2261:COTLJE>2.0.CO;2