Amazon hydrology from space: scientific advances and future challenges

AC Fassoni‐Andrade, AS Fleischmann… - Reviews of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
As the largest river basin on Earth, the Amazon is of major importance to the world's climate
and water resources. Over the past decades, advances in satellite‐based remote sensing …

Hydroclimate of the Andes part I: main climatic features

JC Espinoza, R Garreaud, G Poveda… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The Andes is the longest cordillera in the world and extends from northern South America to
the southern extreme of the continent (from 11° N to 53° S). The Andes runs through seven …

[HTML][HTML] MSWEP V2 global 3-hourly 0.1 precipitation: methodology and quantitative assessment

HE Beck, EF Wood, M Pan, CK Fisher… - Bulletin of the …, 2019 - journals.ametsoc.org
MSWEP V2 Global 3-Hourly 0.1 Precipitation: Methodology and Quantitative Assessment in:
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society Volume 100 Issue 3 (2019) Jump to …

Contrasting North–South changes in Amazon wet-day and dry-day frequency and related atmospheric features (1981–2017)

JC Espinoza, J Ronchail, JA Marengo, H Segura - Climate Dynamics, 2019 - Springer
This study provides an updated analysis of the evolution of seasonal rainfall intensity in the
Amazon basin, considering the 1981–2017 period and based on HOP (interpolated HYBAM …

Evaluation of extreme rainfall indices from CHIRPS precipitation estimates over the Brazilian Amazonia

RBL Cavalcante, DB da Silva Ferreira, PRM Pontes… - Atmospheric …, 2020 - Elsevier
Since several datasets are available with marked differences, the assessment of
precipitation data is a key aspect to support the choice of the most adequate precipitation …

Accuracy of CHIRPS satellite-rainfall products over mainland China

L Bai, C Shi, L Li, Y Yang, J Wu - Remote Sensing, 2018 - mdpi.com
Precipitation is the main component of global water cycle. At present, satellite quantitative
precipitation estimates (QPEs) are widely applied in the scientific community. However, the …

Observed and projected hydroclimate changes in the Andes

JD Pabón-Caicedo, PA Arias, AF Carril… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The Andes is the most biodiverse region across the globe. In addition, some of the largest
urban areas in South America are located within this region. Therefore, ecosystems and …

Vulnerability of Amazonian forests to repeated droughts

LO Anderson, G Ribeiro Neto… - … of the Royal …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Extreme droughts have been recurrent in the Amazon over the past decades, causing socio-
economic and environmental impacts. Here, we investigate the vulnerability of Amazonian …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing the performance of global hydrological models for capturing peak river flows in the Amazon basin

J Towner, HL Cloke, E Zsoter, Z Flamig… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2019 - hess.copernicus.org
Extreme flooding impacts millions of people that live within the Amazon floodplain. Global
hydrological models (GHMs) are frequently used to assess and inform the management of …

How much inundation occurs in the Amazon River basin?

AS Fleischmann, F Papa, A Fassoni-Andrade… - Remote Sensing of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Amazon River basin harbors some of the world's largest wetland complexes,
which are of major importance for biodiversity, the water cycle and climate, and human …