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 …

Recent developments on the South American monsoon system

JA Marengo, B Liebmann, AM Grimm, V Misra… - 2010‏ - ri.conicet.gov.ar
This paper reviews recent progress made in our understanding of the functioning and
variability of the South American Monsoon System (SAMS) on time scales varying from …

Increased dry-season length over southern Amazonia in recent decades and its implication for future climate projection

R Fu, L Yin, W Li, PA Arias, RE Dickinson… - Proceedings of the …, 2013‏ - pnas.org
We have observed that the dry-season length (DSL) has increased over southern Amazonia
since 1979, primarily owing to a delay of its ending dates (dry-season end, DSE), and is …

Effects of Amazon basin deforestation on regional atmospheric circulation and water vapor transport towards tropical South America

M Ruiz-Vásquez, PA Arias, JA Martínez, JC Espinoza - Climate Dynamics, 2020‏ - Springer
The water cycle over the Amazon basin is a regulatory mechanism for regional and global
climate. The atmospheric moisture evaporated from this basin represents an important …

Present-day south american climate

RD Garreaud, M Vuille, R Compagnucci… - Palaeogeography …, 2009‏ - Elsevier
This paper documents the main features of the climate and climate variability over South
America, on the basis of instrumental observations gathered during the 20th Century. It …

Rainforest-initiated wet season onset over the southern Amazon

JS Wright, R Fu, JR Worden, S Chakraborty… - Proceedings of the …, 2017‏ - pnas.org
Although it is well established that transpiration contributes much of the water for rainfall
over Amazonia, it remains unclear whether transpiration helps to drive or merely responds to …

Toward a unified view of the American monsoon systems

C Vera, W Higgins, J Amador, T Ambrizzi… - Journal of …, 2006‏ - journals.ametsoc.org
An important goal of the Climate Variability and Predictability (CLIVAR) research on the
American monsoon systems is to determine the sources and limits of predictability of warm …

Spatio-temporal rainfall variability in the Amazon basin countries (Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, and Ecuador)

JCE Villar, J Ronchail, JL Guyot, G Cochonneau… - 2009‏ - repositorio.senamhi.gob.pe
Rainfall variability in the Amazon basin (AB) is analysed for the 1964-2003 period. It is
based on 756 pluviometric stations distributed throughout the AB countries. For the first time …

Interdecadal variability and trends of rainfall across the Amazon basin

JA Marengo - Theoretical and applied climatology, 2004‏ - Springer
An analysis of decadal and long-term patterns of rainfall has been carried out using a
combination of raingauge and gridded rainfall datasets, for the entire Amazon basin and for …

Effects of deforestation on the onset of the rainy season and the duration of dry spells in southern Amazonia

AT Leite‐Filho, VY de Sousa Pontes… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
Amazonian deforestation is causing notable changes in the hydrological cycle by altering
important precipitation characteristics. This study uses daily rainfall time series data from …