Articles | Volume 42
https://doi.org/10.5194/adgeo-42-35-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/adgeo-42-35-2016
26 Apr 2016
 | 26 Apr 2016

Interannual variability of the midsummer drought in Central America and the connection with sea surface temperatures

Tito Maldonado, Anna Rutgersson, Eric Alfaro, Jorge Amador, and Björn Claremar

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We studied the relationship between the midsummer drought (MSD) in Central America, and the sea surface temperatures (SST) of the neighbouring ocean in interannual scales. Besides, the motivation of this study is also to provide a systematic method for forecasting the MSD period. We found that the intensity and the magnitude of the MSD shown a strong association with the contrast in the surface temperatures between the eastern tropical Pacific, and the tropical north Atlantic.