The Amazon Tall Tower Observatory (ATTO): overview of pilot measurements on ecosystem ecology, meteorology, trace gases, and aerosols

MO Andreae, OC Acevedo, A Araùjo… - Atmospheric …, 2015 - acp.copernicus.org
The Amazon Basin plays key roles in the carbon and water cycles, climate change,
atmospheric chemistry, and biodiversity. It has already been changed significantly by human …

The effects of tropical vegetation on rainfall

DV Spracklen, JCA Baker… - Annual Review of …, 2018 - annualreviews.org
Vegetation modifies land-surface properties, mediating the exchange of energy, moisture,
trace gases, and aerosols between the land and the atmosphere. These exchanges …

Monthly global estimates of fine particulate matter and their uncertainty

A Van Donkelaar, MS Hammer, L Bindle… - Environmental …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Annual global satellite-based estimates of fine particulate matter (PM2. 5) are widely relied
upon for air-quality assessment. Here, we develop and apply a methodology for monthly …

Assessment of atmospheric correction methods for Sentinel-2 MSI images applied to Amazon floodplain lakes

VS Martins, CCF Barbosa, LAS De Carvalho… - Remote Sensing, 2017 - mdpi.com
Satellite data provide the only viable means for extensive monitoring of remote and large
freshwater systems, such as the Amazon floodplain lakes. However, an accurate …

Uma nova era geológica em nosso planeta: o Antropoceno?

P Artaxo - Revista Usp, 2014 - revistas.usp.br
Nosso planeta seguiu uma evolução determinada pelas forças geológicas desde sua
origem, há cerca de 4, 5 bilhões de anos. Ao longo dessa jornada, passou por …

Introduction: observations and modeling of the Green Ocean Amazon (GoAmazon2014/5)

ST Martin, P Artaxo, LAT Machado… - Atmospheric …, 2016 - acp.copernicus.org
The Observations and Modeling of the Green Ocean Amazon (GoAmazon2014/5)
Experiment was carried out in the environs of Manaus, Brazil, in the central region of the …

Air quality and human health improvements from reductions in deforestation-related fire in Brazil

CL Reddington, EW Butt, DA Ridley, P Artaxo… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Abstract Roughly 15% of the Brazilian Amazon was deforested between 1976 and 2010.
Fire is the dominant method through which forests and vegetation are cleared. Fires emit …

Carbon and beyond: The biogeochemistry of climate in a rapidly changing Amazon

K Covey, F Soper, S Pangala, A Bernardino… - Frontiers in Forests …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The Amazon Basin is at the center of an intensifying discourse about deforestation, land-
use, and global change. To date, climate research in the Basin has overwhelmingly focused …

Ambient volatile organic compounds in tropical environments: potential sources, composition and impacts–a review

NM Hanif, NSSL Hawari, M Othman, HH Abd Hamid… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are widely recognized to affect the environment and
human health. This review provides a comprehensive presentation of the types and levels of …

Atmospheric gas-to-particle conversion: why NPF events are observed in megacities?

M Kulmala, VM Kerminen, T Petäjä, AJ Ding… - Faraday …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
In terms of the global aerosol particle number load, atmospheric new particle formation
(NPF) dominates over primary emissions. The key for quantifying the importance of …