The association between sea surface temperature (SST) over North Atlantic Ocean (Equator to 40ºN and 70ºW to 0º) and summer convection over South America is studied through numerical simulations with the CPTEC atmospheric general circulation model. SST anomalies over North Atlantic have influence only in the summer convection over the northernmost region of the South America, with warm SST anomalies there associated with convection over this continental region.
North Atlantic; South America; sea surface temperature; convection; atmospheric model
