Climate and Dynamics

Cloud and rain processes in a biosphere-atmosphere interaction context in the Amazon Region

  1. M. A. F. Silva Dias1,
  2. S. Rutledge2,
  3. P. Kabat3,
  4. P. L. Silva Dias1,
  5. C. Nobre4,
  6. G. Fisch5,
  7. A. J. Dolman3,
  8. E. Zipser6,
  9. M. Garstang7,
  10. A. O. Manzi4,
  11. J. D. Fuentes7,
  12. H. R. Rocha1,
  13. J. Marengo4,
  14. A. Plana-Fattori1,
  15. L. D. A. Sá4,
  16. R .C. S. Alvalá4,
  17. M. O. Andreae8,
  18. P. Artaxo1,
  19. R. Gielow4,
  20. L. Gatti9

Article first published online: 6 SEP 2002

DOI: 10.1029/2001JD000335

Issue

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres (1984–2012)

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres (1984–2012)

Volume 107, Issue D20, pages LBA 39-1–LBA 39-18, 27 October 2002

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How to Cite

Silva Dias, M. A. F., et al., Cloud and rain processes in a biosphere-atmosphere interaction context in the Amazon Region, J. Geophys. Res., 107(D20), 8072, doi:10.1029/2001JD000335, 2002.

Author Information

  1. 1

    Departmento de Ciêcias Atmosféricas, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

  2. 2

    Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA

  3. 3

    Alterra, Wageningen, Netherlands

  4. 4

    Centro de Previsão de Tempo e Estudos Climáticos, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, Brazil

  5. 5

    Instituto de Atividades Espaciais, Centro Tecnológico da Aeronáutica, São José dos Campos, Brazil

  6. 6

    Department of Meteorology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

  7. 7

    Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA

  8. 8

    Max Plank Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany

  9. 9

    Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares, São Paulo, Brazil

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 6 SEP 2002
  2. Article first published online: 6 SEP 2002
  3. Manuscript Revised: 12 MAR 2002
  4. Manuscript Accepted: 12 MAR 2002
  5. Manuscript Received: 4 JAN 2001

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Keywords:

  • clouds;
  • LBA;
  • TRMM;
  • biosphere;
  • forest

[1] This paper presents an overview of the results from the first major mesoscale atmospheric campaign of the Large-Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia (LBA) Program. The campaign, collocated with a Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite validation campaigns, was conducted in southwest Rondônia in January and February 1999 during the wet season. Highlights on the interaction between clouds, rain, and the underlying landscape through biospheric processes are presented and discussed.

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