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Abstract:

The Amazon basin constitutes the most developed rainforest in the world, accounting for 15-20% of the global freshwater input into the oceans. The low level flow over this region is climatologically dominated by the Atlantic anticycslone and the trade winds. This yields an incoming oceanic moist air to the continent from the East, which is forced to lift up over the Andes range at the West. The confluence of the entrance of humidity, heat, evaporation and strong rainfall results in an accumulation of water vapor in this region. There is a statistically significant surplus of humidity over land as compared to over ocean (the largest difference is found during austral summer). This turns the Amazon basin into one of the most important heat sources for the tropical atmosphere, feeding a global pattern like the Atlantic Walker-type circulation, where the ascent stage is not over ocean but over land. The Global Positioning System radio occultation data show to be an excellent tool to observe the accumulated water vapor above the Amazon basin. © 2018 Elsevier B.V.

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Documento: Artículo
Título:The Amazon basin as a moisture source for an Atlantic Walker-type Circulation
Autor:Hierro, R.; Llamedo, P.; de la Torre, A.; Alexander, P.
Filiación:CONICET/Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Austral, LIDTUA (CIC), Argentina
CONICET/Instituto de Física de Buenos Aires (IFIBA), Argentina
Palabras clave:Earth atmosphere; Meteorology; Andes ranges; Austral summers; Freshwater inputs; Global patterns; Heat sources; Moisture sources; Radio occultations; Tropical atmospheres; Water vapor; atmospheric moisture; GPS; heat source; humidity; Walker circulation; water vapor; Amazon Basin; Atlantic Ocean
Año:2019
Volumen:216
Página de inicio:160
Página de fin:166
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2018.10.009
Título revista:Atmospheric Research
Título revista abreviado:Atmos. Res.
ISSN:01698095
Registro:https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_01698095_v216_n_p160_Hierro

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Hierro, R., Llamedo, P., de la Torre, A. & Alexander, P. (2019) . The Amazon basin as a moisture source for an Atlantic Walker-type Circulation. Atmospheric Research, 216, 160-166.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2018.10.009
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Hierro, R., Llamedo, P., de la Torre, A., Alexander, P. "The Amazon basin as a moisture source for an Atlantic Walker-type Circulation" . Atmospheric Research 216 (2019) : 160-166.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2018.10.009
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Hierro, R., Llamedo, P., de la Torre, A., Alexander, P. "The Amazon basin as a moisture source for an Atlantic Walker-type Circulation" . Atmospheric Research, vol. 216, 2019, pp. 160-166.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2018.10.009
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Hierro, R., Llamedo, P., de la Torre, A., Alexander, P. The Amazon basin as a moisture source for an Atlantic Walker-type Circulation. Atmos. Res. 2019;216:160-166.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2018.10.009