Cloud regimes over the Amazon Basin: perspectives from the GoAmazon2014/5 campaign

Giangrande, Scott E.; Wang, Dié; Mechem, David B.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-7489-2020

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-7489-2020

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Observations and Modeling of the Green Ocean Amazon (GoAmazon2014/5)...

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-7489-2020

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29 Jun 2020

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| 29 Jun 2020

Cloud regimes over the Amazon Basin: perspectives from the GoAmazon2014/5 campaign

Scott E. Giangrande, Dié Wang, and David B. Mechem

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RC3: 'Review for acp-2020-67', Yizhou Zhuang, 27 Mar 2020
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The Amazon basin experiences prolific and diverse cloud conditions that are strongly influenced by (and influence via feedbacks) seasonal shifts in the local conditions and larger-scale atmospheric circulations. The primary atmospheric regimes observed during a heavily instrumented 2-year Amazon deployment are classified. We assess the potential atmospheric controls on convective clouds, precipitation, and the propensity for these regimes to promote extremes in precipitation.