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Background
Radiative fluxes are the forcing
functions of the hydrological cycle and biogeophysic processes. The objective
of this project is to help to advance the understanding of the water cycle
and land-atmosphere interactions in the Amazon region, by providing information
on surface radiative fluxes. Provided will be historic information on radiation
fluxes, using existing methodologies and historic satellite observations;
and developed will be new techniques to account for deforestation and biomass
burning in Amazonia. Information on radiative fluxes can be used to model
and predict the surface hydrological and energy budgets of the LBA region,
on time scales from diunal to interannual; to evaluate land surface
parameterizations; and test implications for global climate and weather
forecasting.
Clouds over Belem
Maintained by Chuan Li cli@atmos.umd.edu
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