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Cloud regimes over the Amazon Basin: perspectives from the GoAmazon2014/5 campaign
Environmental and Climate Sciences Department, Brookhaven National
Laboratory, Upton, New York, USA
Environmental and Climate Sciences Department, Brookhaven National
Laboratory, Upton, New York, USA
David B. Mechem
Department of Geography and Atmospheric Science, University of Kansas,
Lawrence, Kansas, USA
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Short summary
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.
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