@article{fdi:010068255, title = {{E}videncing decadal and interdecadal hydroclimatic variability over the {C}entral {A}ndes}, author = {{S}egura, {H}. and {E}spinoza, {J}. {C}. and {J}unquas, {C}l{\'e}mentine and {T}akahashi, {K}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{I}n this study we identified a significant low frequency variability (8 to 20 years) that characterizes the hydroclimatology over the {C}entral {A}ndes. {D}ecadal-interdecadal variability is related to the central-western {P}acific {O}cean ({R}-2 = 0.50) and the zonal wind at 200 h{P}a above the {C}entral {A}ndes ({R}-2 = 0.66). {T}hese two oceanic-atmospheric variables have a dominant decadal-interdecadal variability, and there is a strong relationship between them at a low frequency time scale ({R}-2 = 0.66). {D}uring warming decades in the central-western {P}acific {O}cean, westerlies are intensified at 200 h{P}a above the {C}entral {A}ndes, which produce decadal periods of hydrological deficit over this region. {I}n contrast, when the central- western {P}acific {O}cean is cooler than usual, easterly anomalies prevail over the {C}entral {A}ndes, which are associated with decades of positive hydrological anomalies over this region. {O}ur results indicate that impacts of {E}l {N}ino on hydrology over the {C}entral {A}ndes could be influenced by the low frequency variability documented in this study.}, keywords = {decadal variability ; {C}entral {A}ndes ; {S}outh {A}merica ; climate variability ; hydrology ; {E}l {N}ino ; {PEROU} ; {BOLIVE} ; {ANDES} {CENTRE} ; {PACIFIQUE} {OUEST}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{E}nvironmental {R}esearch {L}etters}, volume = {11}, numero = {9}, pages = {art. 094016 [9 p.]}, ISSN = {1748-9326}, year = {2016}, DOI = {10.1088/1748-9326/11/9/094016}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010068255}, }