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DOI | 10.1029/2019GL082909 |
Thresholds for Atmospheric Convection in Amazonian Rainforests | |
Wu, M.; Lee, J-E | |
2019-08-28 | |
发表期刊 | GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS |
ISSN | 0094-8276 |
EISSN | 1944-8007 |
出版年 | 2019 |
卷号 | 46期号:16页码:10024-10033 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | USA |
英文摘要 | The Amazon rainforest is known as the "Green Ocean" for its maritime-like convection and cloud microphysics during the wet season. Although previous studies suggest the dominant thermodynamic processes involved in deep convection may differ between land and ocean, a comprehensive understanding of the thermodynamics of Amazonian convection is lacking. Using 404,971 daytime precipitating cloud profiles from the CloudSat satellite, we observe a regime transition from congestus dominance to cumulonimbus dominance when convective available potential energy exceeds a threshold in Amazonia and also in shrublands, but not in oceanic regions. In addition, the cloud regime transition is linked to boundary layer moisture in the two continental regions, while it is linked to lower-free-tropospheric moisture in the oceanic region. As the dry season progresses in Amazonia and modifies the free-tropospheric stability, a moderate plant water stress and increased incoming solar energy facilitate the initiation of deep convection and the onset of the wet season. Plain Language Summary This paper presents new analyses of satellite observations that link the atmospheric energetics and vertical structure of daytime precipitating clouds, focusing on the unique features over the Amazon rainforest. The dominant cloud type over the Amazon rainforest is similar to the dominant cloud type observed in oceanic regions most time of the year, so it is often regarded as a "Green Ocean." However, here we show a continental cloud regime transition from midlevel cloud dominance to deep cloud dominance when atmospheric buoyant energy or boundary layer moisture exceeds a threshold in Amazonian rainforests. |
领域 | 气候变化 |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000490966700078 |
WOS关键词 | MOISTURE VERTICAL STRUCTURE ; AVAILABLE POTENTIAL-ENERGY ; COLUMN WATER-VAPOR ; DEEP CONVECTION ; WET SEASON ; ENVIRONMENTAL-CONDITIONS ; CONTINENTAL CLOUDS ; PRECIPITATION ; TRANSITION ; OCEAN |
WOS类目 | Geosciences, Multidisciplinary |
WOS研究方向 | Geology |
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/186193 |
专题 | 气候变化 |
作者单位 | Brown Univ, Dept Earth Environm & Planetary Sci, Providence, RI 02912 USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Wu, M.,Lee, J-E. Thresholds for Atmospheric Convection in Amazonian Rainforests[J]. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS,2019,46(16):10024-10033. |
APA | Wu, M.,&Lee, J-E.(2019).Thresholds for Atmospheric Convection in Amazonian Rainforests.GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS,46(16),10024-10033. |
MLA | Wu, M.,et al."Thresholds for Atmospheric Convection in Amazonian Rainforests".GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS 46.16(2019):10024-10033. |
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