What is it about?
The ocean impacts the marine heatwaves in the western South Atlantic by the exchange of waters from the tropics or subpolar regions into the subtropics. The Atlantic Meridional Circulation variability is linked to this exchange.
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Why is it important?
This mechanism can give a predictability of several years for the intensity and frequency of marine heat waves in the western South Atlantic, which is know to influence extreme precipitation over South America.
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This page is a summary of: Modulation of Western South Atlantic Marine Heatwaves by Meridional Ocean Heat Transport, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, February 2024, American Geophysical Union (AGU),
DOI: 10.1029/2023jc019715.
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