Complex network analysis helps to identify impacts of the El Niño Southern Oscillation on moisture divergence in South America

Verfasser / Beitragende:
[Niklas Boers, Reik Donner, Bodo Bookhagen, Jürgen Kurths]
Ort, Verlag, Jahr:
2015
Enthalten in:
Climate Dynamics, 45/3-4(2015-08-01), 619-632
Format:
Artikel (online)
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245 0 0 |a Complex network analysis helps to identify impacts of the El Niño Southern Oscillation on moisture divergence in South America  |h [Elektronische Daten]  |c [Niklas Boers, Reik Donner, Bodo Bookhagen, Jürgen Kurths] 
520 3 |a We investigate the temporal evolution of moisture divergence and its spatial clustering properties over South America. Our analysis focuses on dependencies on the phase of the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO). Moisture divergence is computed from daily reanalysis data of vertically integrated moisture flux provided by Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications for the time period from 1979 to 2010. We use a sliding-window approach to construct a sequence of complex networks, each obtained from synchronization of events of strong positive (negative) moisture divergence, which we interpret as strong evapotranspiration (precipitation) events. We make the following three key observations: (1) Moisture divergence values over the Amazon rainforest are typically higher during positive ENSO periods (El Niño events). (2) The spatial coherence of strong positive (upwelling) events assumes a characteristic pattern of reduced coherence in this area during El Niño conditions. This influence of ENSO on moisture divergence and its spatial coherence is dominated by the El Niño events of 1982, 1987, and 1997. (3) The clustering characteristics of the obtained climate networks qualitatively agree with the spatial distribution of connected regions with simultaneous events (i.e., events that occur at the same time), but provide a more detailed view on the spatial organization of strong atmospheric upwelling events. Interestingly, no comparable results are found for negative extremes of moisture divergence (strong precipitation events). 
540 |a Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2014 
690 7 |a Moisture divergence  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Extreme events  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a South American climate  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a El Niño Southern Oscillation  |2 nationallicence 
690 7 |a Complex networks  |2 nationallicence 
700 1 |a Boers  |D Niklas  |u Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, P. O. Box 601203, 14412, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Donner  |D Reik  |u Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, P. O. Box 601203, 14412, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Bookhagen  |D Bodo  |u Department of Geography, University of California at Santa Barbara, Ellison Hall 1832, 93106, Santa Barbara, CA, USA  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Kurths  |D Jürgen  |u Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, P. O. Box 601203, 14412, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany  |4 aut 
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950 |B NATIONALLICENCE  |P 700  |E 1-  |a Donner  |D Reik  |u Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, P. O. Box 601203, 14412, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany  |4 aut 
950 |B NATIONALLICENCE  |P 700  |E 1-  |a Bookhagen  |D Bodo  |u Department of Geography, University of California at Santa Barbara, Ellison Hall 1832, 93106, Santa Barbara, CA, USA  |4 aut 
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