The objective of this research was to establish a model to estimate air temperature (Estima_T) as a function of geographical coordinates and Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies (SSTA). The mean monthly time series of air temperatures (daily mean, minimum and maximum) of 69 weather stations and SSTA of the Tropical Atlantic were analyzed. The model Estima_T showed good agreement between real and estimated air temperature data of Northeast Brazil. The results showed statistically significant correlation at 1% level between observed air temperatures and those estimated by model in the whole area of study.
Tropical Atlantic; software Estima_T; SSTA; El Niño and La Niña
