Changes in cloudiness over the Amazon rainforests during the last two decades: diagnostic and potential causes

ABSTRACT: This study shows a decrease of seasonal mean convection, cloudiness and an increase of surface shortwave down-welling radiation during 1984–2007 over the Amazon rainforests based on the analysis of satelliteretrieved clouds and surface radiative flux data. These changes are consistent with...

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Autores:

Arias Gómez, Paola Andrea
Fu, Rong
Hoyos, Carlos D.
Li, Wenhong
Zhou, Liming

Tipo de recurso:

Article of investigation

Fecha de publicación:

2011

Institución:

Universidad de Antioquia

Repositorio:

Repositorio UdeA

Idioma:

eng

OAI Identifier:

oai:bibliotecadigital.udea.edu.co:10495/34472

Acceso en línea:

https://hdl.handle.net/10495/34472

Palabra clave:

Bosque y selva tropicales
Tropical forests
Nubes
Clouds
Tasa de crecimiento
Growth rate
Variabilidad del clima
Climate variability
Atlantic SST gradient
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openAccess

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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/co/