Interaction between biomass burning aerosols in Amazon and mesoscale convective systems in the la Plata Basin

• Grant number: 14/05351-9
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Doctorate
• Start date: July 01, 2014
• End date: June 30, 2015
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Geosciences - Meteorology
• Principal Investigator: Maria Assunção Faus da Silva Dias
• Grantee: Gláuber Camponogara
• Supervisor: Gustavo Gabriel Carrió
• Host Institution: Instituto de Astronomia, Geofísica e Ciências Atmosféricas (IAG). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: Colorado State University, United States
• Associated to the scholarship: 12/08115-9 - Interaction between biomass burning aerosols from the Amazon and mesoscale convective systems at the La Plata Basin: a numerical study assimilating data from Chuva and Aeroclima projects, BP.DR

Abstract

Known as the fifth largest hydrographic basin in the world and the second largest in the american continent, the La Plata basin has a large hydroelectric potential with several plants placed on its rivers as Itaipú (the largest operating hydroelectric facility in terms of annual energy generation). The La Plata Basin is located on of most densely populated regions in South America, sustaining domestic consumption and agricultural activities. This region is subject to action of many Mesoscale Convective Systems (MCS) throughout the year. The MCSs can cause flood owing their capability to generate great amounts of precipitation, resulting in economic impacts in the basin. These mesoscale systems may be influenced by biomass burning aerosols from Amazon and Central Brazil during austral spring. These particles can be transported via Low Level Jet (LLJ) from the biomass burning region to the La Plata Basin. The project proposed here addresses to investigate the interaction between aerosols and MCSs over the La Plata Basin through observational data assimilation in the Brazilian development on the Regional Modeling System (BRAMS) by using the Maximum Likelihood Ensemble Filter (MLEF) algorithm. Using this methodology, it is expected to improve the understanding of microphysical mechanisms related to aerosol and MCS interactions and propose adjustments in microphysical parameterization of BRAMS. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

CAMPONOGARA, GLAUBER; DA SILVA DIAS, MARIA ASSUNCAO FAUS; CARRIO, GUSTAVO G.. 4 Biomass burning CCN enhance the dynamics of a mesoscale convective system over the La Plata Basin: a numerical approach. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, v. 18, n. 3, p. 2081-2096, FEB 13 2018. (14/05351-9, 12/08115-9, 09/15235-8)