@article{fdi:010042161,
  title = {{I}nundations in the {M}amore basin (south-western {A}mazon-{B}olivia) and sea-surface temperature in the {P}acific and {A}tlantic {O}ceans},
  author = {{R}onchail, {J}. and {B}ourrel, {L}. and {C}ochonneau, {G}{\'e}rard and {V}auchel, {P}hilippe and {P}hillips, {L}. and {C}astro, {A}. and {G}uyot, {J}ean-{L}oup and {D}e {O}liveira, {E}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{E}xtensive inundations have been observed in the {L}lanos de {M}ojos ({M}amore basin, south western {A}mazon) causing social and economic disasters. {S}ince the beginning of the seventies precipitations have increased in the {B}olivian lowlands ({L}lanos) and in the over-rainy eastern {C}ordillera and {A}ndean foothills ({Y}ungas) and inundations have become more frequent. {A}s a result inundations have been investigated in relation to rainfall over the {M}amore basin in {T}rinidad-{P}uerto {V}arador and, in order to determine whether they are predictable, in relation to {S}ea {S}urface {T}emperature ({SST}) in the {A}tlantic and the {E}quatorial {P}acific {O}ceans. {T}he methods are correlation and composite techniques. {A}s expected, during the 1945-1946/1998-1999 period, inundations have been associated with abundant rainfall in the {M}amore basin, mainly in the {L}lanos and {Y}ungas. {T}he role of rainfall in the inner dry {A}ndes and downstream from {T}rinidad is more limited. {W}hen consecutive floods are observed, the ground water storage contributes to the occurrence of the second or third inundation event and rainfall anomaly is generally weaker. {R}ainfall in the {M}amore basin is hardly associated with {S}ea {S}urface {T}emperature {A}nomalies ({SSTA}) in the {P}acific and {A}tlantic {O}ceans during the 1952-1953/1998-1999 period. {H}owever, during the nineties the southern {A}tlantic {SSTA} account for 50 percent of rainfall variability. {I}nundations are also related to negative {SSTA} differences between the tropical and subtropical southern {A}tlantic. {T}wo thirds of the 22 inundation events occurred in association with this oceanic anomaly that features a weak {SSTA} gradient in the southern {A}tlantic. {D}uring the 1988-1989/1998-1999 period, a particularly significant relation can be observed between {SSTA} and inundations events. {D}espite being associated with major {E}l {N}ino events (1982-1983, 1991-1992), inundations are not significantly related to the equatorial {P}acific {SSTA}. ({C}) 2004 {E}lsevier {B}.{V}. {A}ll rights reserved.},
  keywords = {{A}mazon basin ; {M}amore ; {B}olivia ; inundation ; rainfall ; {A}tlantic {SST} ; {ENSO}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{J}ournal of {H}ydrology},
  volume = {302},
  numero = {1-4},
  pages = {223--238},
  ISSN = {0022-1694},
  year = {2005},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.jhydrol.2004.07.005},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010042161},
}