Wet and Dry Periods in Regions Surrounding the Atlantic Ocean Basin

• Main Author: Silvina A. Solman (auth)
• Other Authors: Chris Reason (auth), Belen Rodriguez-fonseca (auth), Anita Drumond (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2016
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Environmental economics; precipitation; Atlantic Ocean basin; Droughts; climate variability
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's oceanic divisions. It is bounded by the continents of America, Europe and Africa and at its polewards margins by the Arctic and the Southern Oceans. Different climatic patterns can be observed along its large latitudinal domain, which exte...