Multidecadal Cycles Study in the Climate Indexes Series Using Wavelet Analysis in North/Northeast Brazil

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Hauptverfasser: Corrêa, Cleber Souza, Guedes, Roberto Lage, Corrêa, Karlmer Abel Bueno, Pilau, Felipe Gustavo
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author Corrêa, Cleber Souza
Guedes, Roberto Lage
Corrêa, Karlmer Abel Bueno
Pilau, Felipe Gustavo
author_facet Corrêa, Cleber Souza
Guedes, Roberto Lage
Corrêa, Karlmer Abel Bueno
Pilau, Felipe Gustavo
contents This study investigates the climatic index time series over the most recent 80 years, using monthly mean values from the Pacific Decadal Oscillation Index (PDO), Southern Oscillation Index (SOI), and monthly solar activity represented by sunspot numbers (MS), obtained from the National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center and the World Data Center SILSO, Royal Observatory of Belgium, Brussels. The statistical software R was used with the \texttt{WaveletComp} package to generate Morlet wavelet power spectra, and bivariate cross-wavelet analysis using the \texttt{biwavelet} package. The results show predominant cycles with variability scales of 32, 64, 128, and 256 months, corresponding approximately to 2.66, 5.33, 10.66, and 21.33 years. These frequencies are observed in the period from January 1933 to September 2016, totaling 993 months (82.75 years), characterizing decadal and multidecadal variability. These multidecadal cycles (of the order of 10.66 and 21.33 years) suggest a possible association with solar activity variability and climate variability in the ocean-atmosphere system. Rainfall data from January 1951 to September 2017 were analyzed for Belém, São Luiz, Fortaleza, Natal, and Fernando de Noronha, forming a north to northeast Brazilian transect. These series show similarity with the decadal and multidecadal cycles observed in the SOI, PDO, and sunspot series.
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spellingShingle Multidecadal Cycles Study in the Climate Indexes Series Using Wavelet Analysis in North/Northeast Brazil
Corrêa, Cleber Souza
Guedes, Roberto Lage
Corrêa, Karlmer Abel Bueno
Pilau, Felipe Gustavo
Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics
Applications
62M10, 62P12, 37N10
This study investigates the climatic index time series over the most recent 80 years, using monthly mean values from the Pacific Decadal Oscillation Index (PDO), Southern Oscillation Index (SOI), and monthly solar activity represented by sunspot numbers (MS), obtained from the National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center and the World Data Center SILSO, Royal Observatory of Belgium, Brussels. The statistical software R was used with the \texttt{WaveletComp} package to generate Morlet wavelet power spectra, and bivariate cross-wavelet analysis using the \texttt{biwavelet} package. The results show predominant cycles with variability scales of 32, 64, 128, and 256 months, corresponding approximately to 2.66, 5.33, 10.66, and 21.33 years. These frequencies are observed in the period from January 1933 to September 2016, totaling 993 months (82.75 years), characterizing decadal and multidecadal variability. These multidecadal cycles (of the order of 10.66 and 21.33 years) suggest a possible association with solar activity variability and climate variability in the ocean-atmosphere system. Rainfall data from January 1951 to September 2017 were analyzed for Belém, São Luiz, Fortaleza, Natal, and Fernando de Noronha, forming a north to northeast Brazilian transect. These series show similarity with the decadal and multidecadal cycles observed in the SOI, PDO, and sunspot series.
title Multidecadal Cycles Study in the Climate Indexes Series Using Wavelet Analysis in North/Northeast Brazil
topic Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics
Applications
62M10, 62P12, 37N10
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.03359