Abstract: The dynamical basis for seasonal to decadal climate predictions and predictability over South America is reviewed. It is shown that, while global tropical SSTs affect both predictability and predictions over South America, ...

Abstract: AbstractHere we respond to Jaramillo et al.?s recent critique of condensation-induced atmospheric dynamics (CIAD). We show that CIAD is consistent with Newton?s laws while Jaramillo et al.?s analysis is invalid. To address ...