1. Temporal Variability of Rainfall and Convective Available Potential Energy (CAPE) in Eastern Amazon During Chuva Project
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Romero Thiago Sobrinho Wanzeler, Maria Aurora Santos da Mota, and Daniele Santos Nogueira
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CHUVA Project ,Rainfall ,Convection ,CAPE ,Amazon ,Physical geography ,GB3-5030 ,Geography (General) ,G1-922 - Abstract
Data from CHUVA project experiment, occurred in the period of 19 to 26 June of 2011, in the cities of Belem, São Miguel do Guama and Tome Açu, northeast region of Para state, were used to analyze de variation and evolution of the atmosphere thermodynamic structure, discussing the importance of dynamic and thermodynamic factors to cloudiness development, in the light of Convective Available Potential Energy (CAPE) theory. During the campaign period, the atmosphere was always unstable, presenting high CAPE values (in most cases, above 1000 J/kg), in addition to a well defined daily cycle, with maximums and minimums occurring 15:00 and 03:00 LH, respectively. This cycle was stopped every time rained, generally in the afternoon or in the early evening. The interaction between dynamic and thermodynamic factors presented important contribution in the rainfall formation that were registered during the experiment, as on days 21 and 22, in which the sea breeze action favored the increase of local instability, verified by high CAPE values in the three cities (CAPE > 2000 J/kg). These results showed that although the atmosphere were unstable, alone, this factor wasn’t enough to generate rainfall and it was need the interaction with dynamic forcing of large scale.
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- 2018
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