A joint initiative of the American Monsoon Working Group (WG-AMM) of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) and the Postgraduate Program in Environmental and Water Resources at the Federal University of Itajubá.
Responsible: Michelle Reboita (co-chair WG-AMM)
The course aims to introduce the fundamental concepts of large-scale atmospheric patterns that influence the American Monsoons, providing participants with the background needed to develop subseasonal-to-seasonal (S2S) forecasts.
All the classes were recorded and are available below. Click on a topic to load the video.
| # | Date | Topic | Presenter(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12/08/2025 | Introduction to the course and basic concepts | Michelle Reboita, Shaukat Ali, Anita Drummond, and Márcia Zilli |
| 2 | 19/08/2025 | Basic Features of NAM monsoon | Vasubandhu Misra / Luis Brito |
| 3 | 26/08/2025 | Basic Features of SAM Monsoon | Iracema Cavalcanti |
| 4 | 02/09/2025 | Convergence zones / SACZ | Márcia Zilli |
| 5 | 09/09/2025 | Teleconnections: a general overview | Tércio Ambrizzi |
| 6 | 16/09/2025 | Statistical techniques to study teleconnections and how to define climate indices | Leila Carvalho |
| 7 | 23/09/2025 | El Niño Flavours / PSA / PDO | Renata Tedeschi |
| 8 | 30/09/2025 | AMO | Marilia Shimizu |
| 9 | 14/10/2025 | NAO and PNA (North Atlantic) | Nathaniel Johnson |
| 10 | 21/10/2025 | TSA and TNA (Tropical Atlantic) | Mylene Cabrera |
| 11 | 28/10/2025 | IOBW and IOD | Andrea Taschetto |
| 12 | 04/11/2025 | IOD (Indian Ocean) | Marisol Oman / Andrea Taschetto |
| 13 | 11/11/2025 | AAO / AO | Fernanda Vasconcellos |
| 14 | 18/11/2025 | Teleconnection Patterns and GCMs | Josefina Blázquez |
| 15 | 25/11/2025 | SAD (South Atlantic) | Anita Drumond |
| 16 | 02/12/2025 | MJO (Tropics) | Charles Jones |
| 17 | 09/12/2025 | S2S forecast | Caio Coelho |
Reboita, M. S., Ambrizzi, T., Crespo, N. M., Dutra, L. M. M., Ferreira, G. W. D. S., Rehbein, A., ... & Souza, C. A. D. (2021). Impacts of teleconnection patterns on South America climate. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1504(1), 116-153. https://nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/nyas.14592
Drumond, A.; Nogueira, N. C. O.; Reboita, M. S.; Miguel, G. C. (2025). Teleconnection Indices: an updated version for the current climate. CLIVAR Exchange, 84. Available at https://www.clivar.org/sites/default/files/documents/Exchanges%2084_20251230_0.pdf
Nogueira, N. C. d. O.; Reboita, M. S.; Drumond, A. (2026). Sea Surface Temperature Variability in the South Atlantic Ocean and Its Connection to the South American 1991–2020 Climate. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 14(3), 283. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse14030283
