This study analyses the influence of the extratropical South Atlantic sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies in the Southern and Southeastern Brazilian hydrometeorological pattern. The Brazil-Malvinas Confluence (BMC) is one of the most important South Atlantic Ocean features. This region is characterized by a strong thermal front formed by the confluence between the warm waters transported by the Brazil Current (BC) and the cold waters carried by the Malvinas Current (MC). The knowledgement of its dynamics could represent an important advance to understand its connection with locally and remotely generated ocean and atmospheric processes. This investigation is made with computational modeling using a Community Atmosphere Model (CAM 2.01). The spatial and time SST anomalies were numerically generated inside the model code in such a way to reproduce the summer 2005 event. Significant changes were observed in this experiment in the vertical atmospheric circulation pattern. The precipitation over South Brazil region decreased and more favorable conditions to the South Atlantic Convergence Zone (SACZ) formation appeared over the northern part of the Southeastern Brazil region. These model generated patterns were similar to those observed during the summer 2005, especially the precipitation anomalies results.
Extratropical South Atlantic; South and Southeast Brazilian hydrometeorological regime; El Niño; Teleconnections
