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The Amazon river breeze and the local boundary layer. I - ObservationsObservations of the diurnal evolution of the planetary boundary layer over the Amazon rain forest, made at sites close to the confluence of the Solimoes and Negro rivers (approximately at 3 deg S, 60 deg W) near Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, show the existence of a diurnal rotation of the wind near the surface and the frequent presence of low-level nocturnal wind maxima. These circulations are shown to be plausibly explained as elements of a river and land breeze circulation induced by the thermal contrast between the rivers and the adjacent forest.
Document ID
19930056250
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
De Oliveira, Amauri P.
(Sao Paulo Univ. Brazil)
Fitzjarrald, David R.
(New York State Univ. Albany, United States)
Date Acquired
August 16, 2013
Publication Date
February 1, 1993
Publication Information
Publication: Boundary-Layer Meteorology
Volume: 63
Issue: 2-Jan
ISSN: 0006-8314
Subject Category
Meteorology And Climatology
Accession Number
93A40247
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAG1-692
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAG1-583
Distribution Limits
Public
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