Abstract: This work studies the seasonal effects of the surface albedo change after a tropical deforestation and its influence on the seasonal pattern of precipitation in Amazonia. Results of the climate simulation study of Costa ...

Abstract: It is generally expected that the Amazon basin will experience at least two major environmental changes during the next few decades and centuries: 1) increasing areas of forest will be converted to pasture and cropland, ...

Abstract: he Amazon rainforest helps regulate the regional humid climate. Understanding the effects of the Amazon deforestation is important to preserve not only the climate, but also economic activities that depend on it, in ...

Abstract: ith the growing demands for food and biofuel, new technologies and crop management systems are being used to increase productivity and minimize land-use impacts. In this context, estimates of productivity and the impacts ...

Abstract: he reliability of predictions from climate and weather models is linked to an adequate representation of the land surface processes. To evaluate performance and to improve predictions, land surface models are calibrated ...

Abstract: The Amazon rain forest constitutes one of the major global stocks of carbon. Recent studies, including the last Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report and the Coupled Climate Carbon Cycle Model Intercomparison ...