“…Time series smoothed with a filter using a 6 to 12 month cut-off period reveal a correlation of the Brazil Current transport with SAM that is within the 95% confidence interval with a lag of 6 months at 24 o S (section 4.4, Table 4 Fisher (1964), Signorini (1978), Miranda and Castro Filho (1979), Miranda and Castro Filho (1981), Evans et al (1983), Evans and Signorini (1985) Gordon and Greengrove (1986), Garzoli and Garraffo (1989), Gordon (1989), Stramma (1989, Garfield (1990), Peterson (1990), Stramma et al (1990), Zemba (1991, Garzoli (1993), Campos et al (1995), Maamaatuaiahutapu et al (1998), Müller et al (1998), Jullion et al (2006), Mata et al (2012, Garzoli et al (2013) and Biló et al (2014).…”