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Precipitation Variability over the Forest-to-Nonforest Transition in Southwestern Amazonia
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: rior research has shown that deforestation in the southwestern Amazon enhances the formation of nonprecipitating shallow cumulus clouds, while deep cumulus convection was favored over forested land. The research presented ...
The Rainfall Sensitivity of Tropical Net Primary Production in CMIP5 Twentieth- and Twenty-First-Century Simulations
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: n this study, the authors used the relationship between mean annual rainfall (MAR) and net primary production (NPP) (MAR?NPP) observed in tropical forests to evaluate the performance (twentieth century) and predictions ...