Intercomparison of planetary boundary layer heights using remote sensing retrievals and ERA5 reanalysis over Central Amazonia

CQ Dias-Júnior, RG Carneiro, G Fisch, FAF D'Oliveira… - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
The atmospheric boundary layer height (zi) is a key parameter in the vertical transport of
mass, energy, moisture, and chemical species between the surface and the free …

Can Convective Cold Pools Lead to the Development of Low‐Level Jets?

EW Luiz, S Fiedler - Geophysical Research Letters, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
We present the first observational evidence for convectively generated cold pools (CP) as
driving mechanism for low‐level jets (LLJ). Our findings are based on a unique campaign …

Turbulence regimes in the nocturnal roughness sublayer: Interaction with deep convection and tree mortality in the Amazon

ACS Mendonça, CQ Dias-Júnior, OC Acevedo… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2023 - Elsevier
We investigated the influence of seasonality and proximity to the forest canopy on nocturnal
turbulence regimes in the roughness sublayer of a Central Amazon forest. Since convective …

Effects of the river breeze on the transport of gases in Central Amazonia

FAF D'Oliveira, CQ Dias-Júnior, JCP Cohen… - Atmospheric …, 2023 - Elsevier
River breezes occur regularly along the Amazonia river but little is known about their effects
on air pollution. During the first week of August 2014, river breeze events were observed on …

AFM Special Issue Summary-Integrating Surface Flux with Boundary Layer Measurements

CL Faiola, M Helbig, Y Zhang, ER Beamesderfer… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2024 - Elsevier
To help bridge science topics related to land-atmosphere interactions, we organized a
virtual special issue in this journal (Agricultural and Forest Meteorology [AFM]) entitled,“Land …

Tall tower observations of a northward surging gust front in central Amazon and its role in the mesoscale transport of carbon dioxide

LI Reis, MI Oliveira, CQ Dias‐Júnior… - Meteorological …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
High‐frequency measurements obtained at two micrometeorological towers are investigated
for a rare northward surging gust front that impacted the Amazon Tall Tower Observatory …

Global climatology of low‐level‐jets: Occurrence, characteristics, and meteorological drivers

EW Luiz, S Fiedler - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Low‐level jets (LLJs), vertical profiles with a wind speed maxima in the lowest
hundred meters of the troposphere, have multiple impacts in the Earth system, but a global …

Observational Investigation of the Low‐Level Jets in the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo, Brazil

MP Sánchez, A Pereira de Oliveira… - Earth and Space …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The main features of low‐level jet (LLJ) in the metropolitan region of São Paulo (MRSP),
Brazil, are assessed using rawinsondes carried out:(a) every 3‐hr during 10‐consecutive …

Vertical propagation of submeso and coherent structure in a tall and dense Amazon Forest in different stability conditions PART I: Flow structure within and above the …

D Cava, CQ Dias-Júnior, O Acevedo… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2022 - Elsevier
Understanding the processes that govern the mixing and transport of scalars within and
above the Amazon Forest is of great importance for many environmental applications. The …

Simulation of an orographic gravity wave above the Amazon rainforest and its influence on gases transport near the surface

ETI Moraes, CQ Dias-Júnior, JCP Cohen… - Atmospheric …, 2022 - Elsevier
The influence of the topography at the ATTO site (Amazon Tall Tower Observatory) in the
formation of Gravity Waves (GW) was investigated in this work. The role of these waves in …