In the present work a recently developed product, the South American Mapping of Temperature (SAMeT), is presented. SAMeT minimizes certain deficiencies associated with both the eventual lack of observations and incorporates temperature corrections due to elevation or lapse rate of temperature (LRT) considerations. SAMeT is based on combinations of observed 2‐m temperatures and ERA5 reanalysis, as well as LRTs values computed f...

The South American (SA) rainy season is studied in this paper through the application of a multivariate Empirical Orthogonal Function (EOF) analysis to a SA gridded precipitation analysis and to the components of Lorenz Energy Cycle (LEC) derived from the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) reanalysis. The EOF analysis leads to the identification of patterns of the rainy season and the associated mechanisms in...