Changes in climate and land use over the Amazon region: current and future variability and trends

JA Marengo, CM Souza Jr, K Thonicke… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
This paper shows recent progress in our understanding of climate variability and trends in
the Amazon region, and how these interact with land use change. The review includes an …

[PDF][PDF] Extreme seasonal droughts and floods in Amazonia: causes, trends and impacts.

JA Marengo, JC Espinoza - International Journal of Climatology, 2016 - researchgate.net
This paper reviews recent progress in the study and understanding of extreme seasonal
events in the Amazon region, focusing on drought and floods. The review includes a history …

Global fatal landslide occurrence from 2004 to 2016

MJ Froude, DN Petley - Natural Hazards and Earth System …, 2018 - nhess.copernicus.org
Landslides are a ubiquitous hazard in terrestrial environments with slopes, incurring human
fatalities in urban settlements, along transport corridors and at sites of rural industry …

Effects of tropical deforestation on climate and agriculture

D Lawrence, K Vandecar - Nature climate change, 2015 - nature.com
Tower, ground-based and satellite observations indicate that tropical deforestation results in
warmer, drier conditions at the local scale. Understanding the regional or global impacts of …

[HTML][HTML] The new historical flood of 2021 in the Amazon River compared to major floods of the 21st century: atmospheric features in the context of the intensification of …

JC Espinoza, JA Marengo, J Schongart… - Weather and Climate …, 2022 - Elsevier
In June 2021 a new extreme flood was reported in the Amazon Basin, the largest
hydrological system on Earth. During this event water level was above 29 m (the emergency …

Amazon hydrology from space: scientific advances and future challenges

AC Fassoni‐Andrade, AS Fleischmann… - Reviews of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
As the largest river basin on Earth, the Amazon is of major importance to the world's climate
and water resources. Over the past decades, advances in satellite‐based remote sensing …

Hydroclimate of the Andes part I: main climatic features

JC Espinoza, R Garreaud, G Poveda… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The Andes is the longest cordillera in the world and extends from northern South America to
the southern extreme of the continent (from 11° N to 53° S). The Andes runs through seven …

Recent sylvatic yellow fever virus transmission in Brazil: the news from an old disease

NIO Silva, L Sacchetto, IM De Rezende, GS Trindade… - Virology journal, 2020 - Springer
Yellow fever (YF) is an acute viral disease, affecting humans and non-human primates
(NHP), caused by the yellow fever virus (YFV). Despite the existence of a safe vaccine, YF …

Contrasting North–South changes in Amazon wet-day and dry-day frequency and related atmospheric features (1981–2017)

JC Espinoza, J Ronchail, JA Marengo, H Segura - Climate Dynamics, 2019 - Springer
This study provides an updated analysis of the evolution of seasonal rainfall intensity in the
Amazon basin, considering the 1981–2017 period and based on HOP (interpolated HYBAM …

Large‐scale hydrologic and hydrodynamic modeling of the Amazon River basin

RCD De Paiva, DC Buarque… - Water Resources …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
In this paper, a hydrologic/hydrodynamic modeling of the Amazon River basin is presented
using the MGB‐IPH model with a validation using remotely sensed observations. Moreover …