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Linking meteorology, turbulence, and air chemistry in the amazon rain forest

  • Jose D. Fuentes
  • , Marcelo Chamecki
  • , Rosa Maria Nascimento Dos Santos
  • , Celso Von Randow
  • , Paul C. Stoy
  • , Gabriel Katul
  • , David Fitzjarrald
  • , Antonio Manzi
  • , Tobias Gerken
  • , Amy Trowbridge
  • , Livia Souza Freire
  • , Jesus Ruiz-Plancarte
  • , Jair Max Furtunato Maia
  • , Julio Tóta
  • , Nelson Dias
  • , Gilberto Fisch
  • , Courtney Schumacher
  • , Otavio Acevedo
  • , Juliane Rezende Mercer
  • , Ana Maria Yañez-Serrano
  • Pennsylvania State University
  • Universidade do Estado do Amazonas
  • Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais
  • Montana State University
  • Duke University
  • Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia
  • Indiana University Bloomington
  • Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará
  • Universidade Federal do Paraná
  • Departamento de Ciência e Tecnologia Aeroespacial
  • Texas A&M University
  • Universidade Federal de Santa Maria

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Abstract

A field campaign reveals that the Amazon rain forest produces enough chemical species to undergo oxidation and generate aerosols, which can activate into cloud condensation nuclei and potentially influence cloud formation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2329-2342
Number of pages14
JournalBulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Volume97
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2016

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