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 …

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 …

Extreme drought events over Brazil from 2011 to 2019

APMA Cunha, M Zeri, K Deusdará Leal, L Costa… - Atmosphere, 2019 - mdpi.com
Drought-related disasters are among the natural disasters that are able to cause large
economic and social losses. In recent years, droughts have affected different regions of …

Extreme seasonal droughts and floods in Amazonia: causes, trends and impacts

JA Marengo, JC Espinoza - International Journal of Climatology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

An expert system model for map** tropical wetlands and peatlands reveals South America as the largest contributor

T Gumbricht, RM Roman‐Cuesta… - Global change …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Wetlands are important providers of ecosystem services and key regulators of climate
change. They positively contribute to global warming through their greenhouse gas …

Exploring drought‐to‐flood interactions and dynamics: A global case review

MH Barendrecht, A Matanó, H Mendoza… - Wiley …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This study synthesizes the current understanding of the hydrological, impact, and adaptation
processes underlying drought‐to‐flood events (ie, consecutive drought and flood events) …

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 …

State of the climate in 2015

J Blunden, DS Arndt - Bulletin of the American Meteorological …, 2016 - journals.ametsoc.org
STATE OF THE CLIMATE IN 2015 Page 1 Special Supplement to the Bulletin of the American
Meteorological Society Vol. 97, No. 8, August 2016 STATE OF THE CLIMATE IN 2015 Page 2 …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of extreme precipitation climate indices and their projected changes for Brazil: From CMIP3 to CMIP6

FJ de Medeiros, CP de Oliveira, A Avila-Diaz - Weather and Climate …, 2022 - Elsevier
Extreme events usually cause numerous economic and social losses, especially in
vulnerable countries, such as Brazil. Understanding whether the evolution of Earth System …

The Andes–Amazon–Atlantic pathway: A foundational hydroclimate system for social–ecological system sustainability

CF Beveridge, JC Espinoza, S Athayde… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
The Amazon River Basin's extraordinary social–ecological system is sustained by various
water phases, fluxes, and stores that are interconnected across the tropical Andes …