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Effects of Vegetation and Topography on the Boundary Layer Structure above the Amazon Forest

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Autor(es):
Chamecki, Marcelo [1] ; Freire, Livia S. [2] ; Dias, Nelson L. [3] ; Chen, Bicheng [1] ; Dias-Junior, Cleo Quaresma [4] ; Toledo Machado, Luiz Augusto [5, 6] ; Sorgel, Matthias [5] ; Tsokankunku, Anywhere [5] ; de Araujo, Alessandro C. [7]
Número total de Autores: 9
Afiliação do(s) autor(es):
[1] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Dept Atmospher & Ocean Sci, Los Angeles, CA 90007 - USA
[2] Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Math & Comp Sci, Sao Carlos - Brazil
[3] Fed Univ Parana UFPR, Dept Environm Engn, Curitiba, Parana - Brazil
[4] Fed Inst Para IFPA, Dept Phys, Belem, Para - Brazil
[5] Max Planck Inst Chem, Atmospher Chem Dept, Mainz - Germany
[6] Inst Nacl Pesquisas Espaciais, Cachoeira Paulista - Brazil
[7] Empresa Brasileira Pesquisa Agr, Belem, Para - Brazil
Número total de Afiliações: 7
Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
Fonte: JOURNAL OF THE ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES; v. 77, n. 8, p. 2941-2957, AUG 2020.
Citações Web of Science: 0
Resumo

Observational data from two field campaigns in the Amazon forest were used to study the vertical structure of turbulence above the forest. The analysis was performed using the reduced turbulent kinetic energy (TKE) budget and its associated two-dimensional phase space. Results revealed the existence of two regions within the roughness sublayer in which the TKE budget cannot be explained by the canonical flat-terrain TKE budgets in the canopy roughness sublayer or in the lower portion of the convective ABL. Data analysis also suggested that deviations from horizontal homogeneity have a large contribution to the TKE budget. Results from LES of a model canopy over idealized topography presented similar features, leading to the conclusion that flow distortions caused by topography are responsible for the observed features in theTKEbudget. These results support the conclusion that the boundary layer above the Amazon forest is strongly impacted by the gentle topography underneath. (AU)

Processo FAPESP: 18/24284-1 - Estudo sobre as trocas entre a superfície do planeta e a atmosfera utilizando Large-Eddy Simulation
Beneficiário:Livia Souza Freire Grion
Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Jovens Pesquisadores