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 …

Tropical and boreal forest atmosphere interactions: A review

P Artaxo, HC Hansson, MO Andreae… - Tellus. Series B …, 2022 - researchportal.helsinki.fi
Tropical, temperate, and boreal forests are critical components of the climate system, and
the ecosystem services they provide are essential for our society (Bonan et al., 1992, Bonan …

Introduction: observations and modeling of the Green Ocean Amazon (GoAmazon2014/5)

ST Martin, P Artaxo, LAT Machado… - Atmospheric …, 2016 - acp.copernicus.org
The Observations and Modeling of the Green Ocean Amazon (GoAmazon2014/5)
Experiment was carried out in the environs of Manaus, Brazil, in the central region of the …

[HTML][HTML] Aerosol characteristics and particle production in the upper troposphere over the Amazon Basin

MO Andreae, A Afchine, R Albrecht… - Atmospheric …, 2018 - acp.copernicus.org
Airborne observations over the Amazon Basin showed high aerosol particle concentrations
in the upper troposphere (UT) between 8 and 15 km altitude, with number densities …

Taxonomy of seasonal and diurnal clear-sky climatology of surface urban heat island dynamics across global cities

Z Liu, W Zhan, J Lai, B Bechtel, X Lee, F Hong… - ISPRS Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Knowledge of the temporally continuous dynamics of seasonal and diurnal surface
urban heat islands (SUHIs) as well as their underlying determinants is crucial to better …

Extreme summer convection in South America

U Romatschke, RA Houze Jr - Journal of Climate, 2010 - journals.ametsoc.org
Abstract Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Precipitation Radar (PR) and National
Centers for Environmental Prediction–National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCEP …

Patterns of energy exchange for tropical ecosystems across a climate gradient in Mato Grosso, Brazil

MS Biudes, GL Vourlitis, NG Machado… - Agricultural and forest …, 2015 - Elsevier
The spatial and temporal variations in the partitioning of energy into latent (LE) and sensible
(H) heat flux for tropical ecosystems are not yet fully understood. In the state of Mato Grosso …

Impacts of land-surface heterogeneities and Amazonian deforestation on the wet season onset in southern Amazon

JP Sierra, JC Espinoza, C Junquas, S Wongchuig… - Climate Dynamics, 2023 - Springer
Continued Amazonian deforestation perturbs the surface turbulent fluxes which are
important for building the conditions for the wet season onset in the southern Amazon. This …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluating the diurnal and semidiurnal cycle of precipitation in CMIP6 models using satellite-and ground-based observations

S Tang, P Gleckler, S **e, J Lee, MS Ahn… - Journal of …, 2021 - journals.ametsoc.org
The diurnal and semidiurnal cycle of precipitation simulated from CMIP6 models during
1996–2005 are evaluated globally between 60° S and 60° N as well as at 10 selected …

[PDF][PDF] Rainfall patterns in the Southern Amazon: a chronological perspective (1971–2010)

NS Debortoli, V Dubreuil, B Funatsu, F Delahaye… - Climatic …, 2015 - researchgate.net
The aim of this study is to characterize rainfall patterns in a vast transition zone between the
Amazon and the Cerrado Biomes. The analysis is focused on annual and seasonal …