scholarly journals Global horizontal irradiation: spatio-temporal variability on a regional scale in the south of the Pampeana region (Argentina)

2021 ◽  
Vol 56 (2) ◽  
pp. 220-233
Author(s):  
María Eugenia Fernández ◽  
Jorge Osvaldo Gentili ◽  
Ana Casado ◽  
Alicia María Campo
Keyword(s):  
South America ◽  
Seasonal Dynamics ◽  
Temporal Variability ◽  
Cloud Cover ◽  
Regional Scale ◽  
Temporal Distribution ◽  
The South ◽  
Monsoon System ◽  
Spatio Temporal ◽  
Dynamics Of Action

The objective of this work is to analyze the spatio-temporal distribution of Global Horizontal Irradiation (GHI) on a regional scale and its relationship with frequent synoptic situations in the south of the Pampeana region (Argentina). It was verified that the latitudinal pattern of distribution of the GHI is modified in the region by cloud cover, which is in turn determined by the seasonal dynamics of action centers and the passage of fronts in summer and winter. The South America Monsoon System (SAMS) defines differential situations of cloudiness and rainfall in the region, which affect GHI. GHI increased successively between the decades 1981–2010, a factor associated with the variability of rainfall that characterizes the region.

Spatio-Temporal Variability of the Eddy Kinetic Energy in the South Atlantic Ocean

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 2010-2014
Author(s):  
C. M. Cecilio ◽  
D. F. M. Gherardi ◽  
R. B. Souza ◽  
M. Correa-Ramirez
Keyword(s):  
Kinetic Energy ◽  
Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Temporal Variability ◽  
South Atlantic ◽  
Eddy Kinetic Energy ◽  
South Atlantic Ocean ◽  
The South ◽  
Spatio Temporal

scholarly journals Late Quaternary Variations in the South American Monsoon System as Inferred by Speleothems—New Perspectives using the SISAL Database

Quaternary ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Deininger ◽  
Brittany Marie Ward ◽  
Valdir F. Novello ◽  
Francisco W. Cruz
Keyword(s):  
South America ◽  
Late Quaternary ◽  
Precipitation Amount ◽  
Ice Age ◽  
Convergence Zone ◽  
South American ◽  
The South ◽  
South American Monsoon ◽  
Monsoon System ◽  
South American Monsoon System

Here we present an overview of speleothem δ18O records from South America, most of which are available in the Speleothem Isotopes Synthesis and Analysis (SISAL_v1) database. South American tropical and subtropical speleothem δ18O time series are primarily interpreted to reflect changes in precipitation amount, the amount effect, and consequently history of convection intensity variability of convergence zones such as the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) and the South America Monsoon System (SAMS). We investigate past hydroclimate scenarios in South America related to the South American Monsoon System in three different time periods: Late Pleistocene, Holocene, and the last two millennia. Precession driven summertime insolation is the main driver of convective variability over the continent during the last 120 kyrs (from present day to 120 kyrs BP), including the Holocene. However, there is a dipole between speleothem δ18O records from western and eastern South America. Records located in the central region of Brazil are weakly affected by insolation-driven variability, and instead are more susceptible to the variability associated with the South Atlantic Convergence Zone (SACZ). Cold episodic events in the Northern Hemisphere, such as Heinrich and Bond Events, and the Little Ice Age, increase the convective activity of the SAMS, resulting in increased precipitation amount in South America.

scholarly journals IPCC global coupled model simulations of the South America monsoon system

2008 ◽  
Vol 33 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 893-916 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodrigo J. Bombardi ◽  
Leila M. V. Carvalho
Keyword(s):  
South America ◽  
Coupled Model ◽  
The South ◽  
Model Simulations ◽  
Monsoon System ◽  
Global Coupled Model

scholarly journals Mesoscale spatio-temporal variability of airborne lidar-derived aerosol properties in the Barbados region during EUREC<sup>4</sup>A

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick Chazette ◽  
Alexandre Baron ◽  
Cyrille Flamant
Keyword(s):  
Temporal Variability ◽  
Cloud Cover ◽  
Airborne Lidar ◽  
Trade Wind ◽  
Tropical Atlantic ◽  
Trade Winds ◽  
Airborne Measurements ◽  
Fractional Cloud ◽  
Spatio Temporal ◽  
Humidity Field

Abstract. From 23 January to 13 February 2020, twenty ATR-42 scientific flights were conducted in the framework of the EUREC4A field campaign over the tropical Atlantic, off the coast of Barbados (−58°30' W 13°30' N). By means of a side-pointing lidar, these flights allowed to retrieve the optical properties of the aerosols found in the sub-cloud layer and below the trade winds inversion. Two distinct periods with significant aerosol contents were identified in relationship with the so-called trade wind and tropical regimes, respectively. A very strong spatial heterogeneity of the aerosol field has been highlighted at the airborne measurements scale of a few tens of kilometres. This heterogeneity, difficult to capture using spaceborne instruments, can be related to the highly variable relative humidity field and the fractional cloud cover encountered during all the flights.

scholarly journals Statistical analysis of the long-range transport of the 2015 Calbuco volcanic eruption from ground-based and space-borne observations

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nelson Bègue ◽  
Lerato Shikwambana ◽  
Hassan Bencherif ◽  
Juan Pallota ◽  
Venkataraman Sivakumar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Optical Properties ◽  
South America ◽  
South African ◽  
Numerical Models ◽  
Source Region ◽  
Volcanic Plume ◽  
Back Trajectory ◽  
The South ◽  
African Region ◽  
Spatio Temporal

Abstract. This study investigates the influence of the 2015 Calbuco eruption (41.2° S, 72.4° W; Chile) on the total columnar aerosol optical properties over the Southern Hemisphere. The well-known technic of sunphotometry was applied for investigation of the transport and the spatio-temporal evolution of the optical properties of the volcanic plume. The CIMEL sunphotometer measurements performed at 6 South American and 3 African sites were statistically analyzed. This study involves the use of the satellite observations and a back-trajectory model. The passage of the Calbuco plume is statistically detectable on the aerosol optical depth (AOD) observations obtained from sunphotometers and MODIS. This statistical detection confirms that the majority of the plume was transported over the northeastern parts of South America and reached the South African region one week following the eruption. The plume has impacted to a lesser extent the southern parts of South America. The highest AOD anomalies were observed over the northeastern parts of the South America. Over the South African sites, the AOD anomalies induced by the spread of the plume were quite homogeneously distributed between the east and west coast. The optical characteristics of the plume near source region was consistent with a bearing-ash plume. Conversely, the remote sites to the Calbuco volcano were influenced by ash-free plume. The optical properties discuss on this paper will be used as inputs for numerical models for further investigation on the ageing of the Calbuco plume in a forthcoming study.

scholarly journals Daily Precipitation Statistics for South America: An Intercomparison between NCEP Reanalyses and Observations

2011 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Viviane B. S. Silva ◽  
Vernon E. Kousky ◽  
R. Wayne Higgins
Keyword(s):  
South America ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Atmospheric Model ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
South American ◽  
The South ◽  
Wet Season ◽  
Central Brazil ◽  
Monsoon System ◽  
Dry Bias

Abstract In this study, the authors document the extent to which the precipitation statistics of the new CFS reanalysis (CFSR) represent an improvement over the earlier reanalyses: the NCEP–NCAR reanalysis (R1) and the NCEP–DOE Second Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project (AMIP-II) reanalysis (R2). An intercomparison between the CFSR, R1, R2, and observations over South America was made for the period 1979–2006. The CFSR shows notable improvements in the large-scale precipitation patterns compared with the previous reanalyses (R1 and R2). In spite of these improvements, the CFSR has substantial biases in intensity and frequency of occurrence of rainfall events. Over west-central Brazil, the core region of the South American monsoon system (SAMS), the CFSR displays a dry bias during the onset phase of the SAMS wet season and a wet bias during the peak and decay phases of the SAMS wet season. The CFSR also displays a dry bias along the South American coast near the mouth of the Amazon and along the east coast of northeastern Brazil. A wet bias exists in all seasons over southeast Brazil and over the Andes Mountains.

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