Local evaporation controlled by regional atmospheric circulation in the Altiplano of the Atacama Desert

Lobos-Roco, Felipe; Hartogensis, Oscar; Vilà-Guerau de Arellano, Jordi; de la Fuente, Alberto; Muñoz, Ricardo; Rutllant, José; Suárez, Francisco

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-9125-2021

Articles | Volume 21, issue 11

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-9125-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-9125-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 21, issue 11

Research article

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16 Jun 2021

Research article |

| 16 Jun 2021

Local evaporation controlled by regional atmospheric circulation in the Altiplano of the Atacama Desert

Felipe Lobos-Roco, Oscar Hartogensis, Jordi Vilà-Guerau de Arellano, Alberto de la Fuente, Ricardo Muñoz, José Rutllant, and Francisco Suárez

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Interactive discussion

Status: closed

RC1:
'Comment on acp-2020-1300', Anonymous Referee #2, 23 Mar 2021

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Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-2020-1300-RC1
- AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Felipe Lobos Roco, 27 Mar 2021
  
  We are glad to respond to the comments and doubts of referee #2. Attached the answers. Felipe L.
  
  Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-2020-1300-AC1
RC2:
'Comment on acp-2020-1300', Anonymous Referee #1, 04 Apr 2021

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Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-2020-1300-RC2
- AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Felipe Lobos Roco, 05 Apr 2021
  
  We are glad to respond to the comments and doubts of referee #1. Attached the answers. Felipe L.
  
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  Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-2020-1300-AC2

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision | EF: Editorial file upload

AR by Felipe Lobos Roco on behalf of the Authors (21 Apr 2021) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (22 Apr 2021) by Stefano Galmarini

AR by Felipe Lobos Roco on behalf of the Authors (22 Apr 2021)

Short summary

We investigate the influence of regional atmospheric circulation on the evaporation of a saline lake in the Altiplano region of the Atacama Desert through a field experiment and regional modeling. Our results show that evaporation is controlled by two regimes: (1) in the morning by local conditions with low evaporation rates and low wind speed and (2) in the afternoon with high evaporation rates and high wind speed. Afternoon winds are connected to the regional Pacific Ocean–Andes flow.