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Efeitos de um evento de friagem nas condições meteorológicas na Amazônia: um estudo de caso
(Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, 2004-12) SOUZA, Paulo Jorge de Oliveira Ponte de; ROCHA, Edson José Paulino da; FISCH, Gilberto Fernando; KRUIJT, Bart; RIBEIRO, João Batista Miranda
Observations of the influence of a Cold Spell phenomena on meteorological variables and on energy and CO2 fluxes were made in a forest site near Ji-Paraná, Rondonia, during June 2001. Friagem caused a diminution of 35% at air temperature. A reduction of 75 W.m-2 from normal days (200 W.m-2) to cold days (125 W.m-2) in the mean incoming solar radiation was also observed. During the Cold Spell days, both sensible heat (H) and latent heat fluxes (LE) showed a decrease in their mean daily value, showing a difference from normal days of 8 e 34%, respectively. The CO2 concentration remained constant, without increase during the night, due to the windy condition of cold days. During normal days the mean diurnal CO2 flux (-2,44 mmol m-2 s-1) was lesser than that one at phenomena days (-5,78 mmol m-2 s-1), while the mean nocturnal fluxes were +1,77mmol m-2 s-1 e +2,83mmol m-2 s-1 during normal and cold days, respectively.
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Mecanismos de controle da variação sazonal da transpiração de uma floresta tropical no Nordeste da Amazônia
(Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, 2005-06) SOUZA FILHO, José Danilo da Costa; RIBEIRO, Aristides; COSTA, Marcos Heil; COHEN, Júlia Clarinda Paiva
In the present work we study the seasonal variation of the transpiration of a tropical forest, and its dependence on biotic and abiótic factors. We used data of the project CARBOPARÁ, part of The Large Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia (LBA), collected in the National Forest of Caxiuanã, northeastern Amazonia. The average transpiration in a 39-day period during the rainy season was 2.9 mm day-1. In a 29-day period during dry season, the average transpiration was 4.3 mm day-1. The maximum values of the surface conductivity (Cs) are 0.060 m s-1 and 0.045 m s-1 for the rainy and dry period, respectively, observed at 08:00 h local time. The aerodynamic conductance averages (Ca) 0.164 m s-1 and 0.210 m s-1, for the rainy and dry periods, respectively, while the maximum values of Ca are 0.220 and 0.375 m s-1, for the same periods, respectively. It was verified that Cs presents an inverse exponential relationship with the deficit of atmospheric water vapor, for different intervals of global solar irradiance. The hourly analysis of the decoupling factor suggests that the morning transpiration is mainly controlled by the availability of energy. During the afternoon, on the other hand, for both periods studied, the forest becomes progressively coupled to the atmosphere, denoting larger superficial control on the transpiration process.
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Interações entre nuvens, chuvas e a biosfera na Amazônia
(Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, 2005-06) DIAS, Maria Assunção Faus da Silva; COHEN, Júlia Clarinda Paiva; GANDU, Adilson Wagner
A review of results obtained within the Physical Climate component of LBA with respect to the interaction between the biosphere and cloud and rain formation in the Amazon Basin, in different seasons and different regions within the Basin is presented. The deforestation effect and the effect of biomass burning are discussed and the physical processes highlighted based on the data collected in several LBA intensive field campaigns. The complex interactions and the progress in the understanding their evolution based on the new datasets is presented.
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Variação espacial e temporal da precipitação no estado do Pará
(Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, 2005-06) MORAES, Bergson Cavalcanti de; COSTA, José Maria Nogueira da; COSTA, Antonio Carlos Lôla da; COSTA, Marcos Heil
Studies about the climatology of precipitation in the State of Pará are essential for the planning of agricultural activities. The variation of annual and seasonal precipitation in Pará was analysed based on a historic series of 23 years (1976 1998) of daily rainfall data. The analysis was made for 31 locations in Pará, using geographic information systems techniques, with the results presented in maps. The variability of annual and seasonal precipitation was characterized based on the coefficient of variation and the index of relative interanual variability. The variation of these coefficients for the annual precipitation in Pará was 15 to 30 %. The monthly characteristics of the wet season, in terms of beginning, end and duration, were determined using a criteria proposed by KASSAM (1979). The variation between early planting dates and late planting dates were identified by the periods of julian days of 309 319 and 353 363, respectively.
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Transpiração em espécie de grande porte na Floresta Nacional de Caxiuanã, Pará
(2007-04) COSTA, Rafael Ferreira da; SILVA, Vicente de Paulo Rodrigues da; RUIVO, Maria de Lourdes Pinheiro; MEIR, Patrick; COSTA, Antonio Carlos Lôla da; MALHI, Yadvinder Singh; BRAGA, Alan Pantoja; GONÇALVES, Paulo Henrique Lopes; SILVA JUNIOR, João de Athaydes
During the “Long-term of impact drought on water and carbon dioxide fluxes in Amazonian Tropical Rainforest Experiment” (ESECAFLOR), this study was carried out, which is a subproject of Large Scale Biosphere Atmosphere Experiment in Amazônia (LBA), located in the Ferreira Penna Scientific Station (FPSS) in the Caxiuanã National Forest (CNF) in Pará State (1o 42’ 30’’ S; 51o 31’45’’ W; 62 m altitude). The region has a well-preserved forest, with canopy of 35 m. The predominate tree species in the landscape are Eschweilera coriacea (White Matá-matá), Voucapoua americana (Acapu) and Protium pallidum (White Pitch). Sap flow measurements were made in the wet season (03-16 December 2000 and 12-25 January 2003), to evidence the effect of long term induced drought, aiming to determinate the transpiration of Eschweilera coriacea. The ESECAFLOR site consists of two different areas with 1 ha each. Plot A (control) and Plot B (rainfall exclusion). The Trunk Heat Balance (THB)method was applied to sap flow measurements, by Sap Flow Meter P4.1 system. Between analysed periods, the mean transpiration of E. Coriacea increased 56% in the tree A237 (control plot) and decreased 68% in B381 (drought plot)
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Organic material decomposition and nutrient dynamics in a mulch system enriched with leguminous trees in the Amazon
(2008-06) CATTANIO, José Henrique; KUEHNE, Ronald; VLEK, Paul L.G.
The new techniques proposed for agriculture in the Amazon region include rotational fallow systems enriched with leguminous trees and the replacement of biomass burning by mulching. Decomposition and nutrient release from mulch were studied using fine-mesh litterbags with five different leguminous species and the natural fallow vegetation as control. Samples from each treatment were analyzed for total C, N, P, K, Ca, Mg, lignin, cellulose content and soluble polyphenol at different sampling times over the course of one year. The decomposition rate constant varied with species and time. Weight loss from the decomposed litter bag material after 96 days was 30.1 % for Acacia angustissima, 32.7 % for Sclerolobium paniculatum, 33.9 % for Iinga edulis and the Fallow vegetation, 45.2 % for Acacia mangium and 63.6 % for Clitoria racemosa. Immobilization of N and P was observed in all studied treatments. Nitrogen mineralization was negatively correlated with phenol, C-to-N ratio, lignin + phenol/N ratio, and phenol/phosphorus ratios and with N content in the litterbag material. After 362 days of field incubation, an average (of all treatments), 3.3 % K, 32.2 % Ca and 22.4 % Mg remained in the mulch. Results confirm that low quality and high amount of organic C as mulch application are limiting for the quantity of energy available for microorganisms and increase the nutrient immobilization for biomass decomposition, which results in competition for nutrients with the crop plants.
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Modelagem da interceptação na Floresta Nacional de Caxiuanã, no Leste da Amazônia
(2008-09) OLIVEIRA, Leidiane Leão de; COSTA, Rafael Ferreira da; COSTA, Antonio Carlos Lôla da; SOUSA, Francisco de Assis Salviano de; BRAGA, Alan Pantoja
The present work was carried out in the Ferreira Penna Scientific Station, at the Caxiuanã National Forest in Melgaço, Pará, Brazil (01º 42’ 30” S; 51º 31’ 45” W; 60 m of altitude) in the Eastern Amazonia. It is an upland forest area with closed vegetation, 35 m average canopy high, some emergent trees with 50 m high and species density between 450 and 550 plants per hectare. The objective was to compare the estimations of rainfall interception using two numerical models, for the period from March to December of 2004. The measured rainfall interception was 248 mm corresponding to 21.5% of total precipitation (1,153.4 mm) above canopy. The rainfall interception was simulated, by Rutter´s and Gash´s models, at good level of accuracy. The Gash model overestimated the interception by 17.3% (42.8 mm), while the Rutter model overestimated by only 0.5% (1.1 mm) of the observed interception.
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Episode of Low Level Jets in the north and northeast coast of state of Para: a case study of 2002 april 21st to 22nd
(2008-09) SOUSA, Adriano Marlisom Leão de; CAMPOS, Claudia Rejane Jacondino; ROCHA, Edson José Paulino da
In this study the characteristics of the vertical structure of an episode of Low Level Jets (LLJ) occurring in the coast of Para is described. Radiosonde data of Ajuruteua city in Bragança collected during the DESMATA Experiment (Impact of the Deforestation the Atlantic Coast of the Amazonian), taking place in 2002, from April 08th to 22th, are used. Among the detected cases during the rainy period, one specific case with 12 hours duration, average velocity of 15m/s and directed from NE to E in the point of maximum velocity was selected. The observational results have indicated that this LLJ located in the coast of Para was due to the combined action of two factors: (1) inertial oscillation and (2) superficial baroclinicity. These two combined factors sustained this LLJ with velocities between 10 and 13m/s during the day and between 14 and 16m/s during the night, at an average altitude of 800m above surface.
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Complexo Convectivo de Mesoescala observado em 27/11/2002 no nordeste da Argentina
(2008-12) CAMPOS, Claudia Rejane Jacondino; LIMA, Edna Cristina Sodré; PINTO, Luciana Barros
In this work were analyzed the synoptic situations associated to a Mesoscale Convective Complex (CCM), observed on 11/27/2002 in the northeast of Argentina. Infrared imagery from GOES-8 and simulations from BRAMS regional model were used. The model simulation, with three hours issues, allowed detailing the behavior of the meteorological variables in large scale that affect the MCC life cycle, being able to reproduce the suitable conditions to its beginning, development and dissipation. The results showed that the MCC studied presented similar characteristics to those observed by several authors.
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Precipitação efetiva e interceptação em Caxiuanã, na Amazônia Oriental
(Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, 2008-12) OLIVEIRA, Leidiane Leão de; COSTA, Rafael Ferreira da; SOUSA, Francisco de Assis Salviano de; COSTA, Antonio Carlos Lôla da; BRAGA, Alan Pantoja
The present work was carried out at the Ferreira Penna Scientific Station, in the Caxiuanã National Forest, Melgaço, Pará, Brazil (01º 42" 30"S; 51º 31" 45"W; 60 m a.s.l.). The studied region is an upland forest with closed vegetation and a mean canopy height of 35 m although some trees can be 50 m high. The species density is between 450 and 550 plants per hectare. The aim was to quantify the net precipitation, throughfall, stemflow and rain interception by vegetation, from March to December of 2004. For the throughfall measurements 25 rain gauges were randomly distributed in an one hectare area subdivided in one hundred parcels of 10 x 10 m, while the stemflow was measured on seven trees with a stem diameter at breast height representative of the area. The results showed values of net precipitation of 905.4 mm, throughfall of 885.4 mm, stemflow 20 mm and rain interception of 248 mm,corresponding respectively to 78.5%, 76.8%, 1.7% e 21.5% of the total precipitation above the canopy which was 1,153.4 mm for the study period.
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Precipitação sazonal sobre a Amazônia oriental no período chuvoso: observações e simulações regionais com o RegCM3
(2009-06) SOUZA, Everaldo Barreiros de; LOPES, Marcio Nirlando Gomes; ROCHA, Edson José Paulino da; SOUZA, José Ricardo Santos de; CUNHA, Alan Cavalcanti da; SILVA, Renato Ramos da; FERREIRA, Douglas Batista da Silva; SANTOS, Daniel Meninéa; CARMO, Alexandre Melo Casseb do; SOUSA, José Raimundo Abreu de; GUIMARÃES, Paulo Lima; MOTA, Maria Aurora Santos da; MAKINO, Midori; SENNA, Renato Cruz; SOUSA, Adriano Marlisom Leão de; MOTA, Galdino Viana; KUHN, Paulo Afonso Fischer; SOUZA, Paulo Fernando de Souza; VITORINO, Maria Isabel
This paper presents a contribution on the climate modelling studies with emphasis on seasonal rainfall variability in eastern Amazonia, during the austral summer and autumn seasons (DJF and MAM). Based on RegCM3 regional climate simulations for a 26 years period (1982/83 to 2007/08) using high resolution domain scale (30 km) and two different convection schemes (Grell and MIT), it was investigated the model performance to simulate the regional pluviometric distribution in eastern Amazon, with reference to a new observational data base containing regional aspects extracted from a dense rain gauge station network. The quantitative analysis showed that RegCM3 presents systematic errors, especially those related to the dry bias in the Amapá and north/northeast of Pará using both schemes Grell and MIT, which indicate that the model does not reproduce ITCZ characteristics over equatorial Atlantic. The simulations using MIT also indicated wet bias in the southwest/south/southeast of Pará and north of Tocantins. Moreover, through composites technique, it was also investigated RegCM3 response to reproduce the anomalous spatial rainfall patterns in association with ENSO episodes and interhemispheric SSTa gradient phases across the intertropical Atlantic. The results showed that the model represented realistically well the spatial pattern related to the rainfall anomalies above (below) than normal in most of eastern Amazonia, during the known favourable scenarios, i.e., La Niña and south Atlantic SSTa gradient (unfavourable, i.e., El Niño and north Atlantic SSTa gradient).
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Modelo OLAM (ocean-land-atmosphere-model): descrição, aplicações, e perspectivas
(2009-06) SILVA, Renato Ramos da; DIAS, Pedro Leite Silva; MOREIRA, Demerval Soares; SOUZA, Everaldo Barreiros de
The OLAM model was developed to extend the capability to represent the global and regional scale phenomena simultaneously. The model presents innovations regarding to the dynamic processes, grid configuration, memory structure, and numerical technique solutions for the prognostics equations. The Navier-Stokes equations are solved using the finite volume technique that conserves mass, momentum, and energy. In this study the OLAM model is described, and results are presented for its application on the climate mode to simulate the monthly prediction of precipitation for South America and numerical weather prediction. The results show that the model is able to represent reasonable the large scale meteorological processes. In general, its performance improves when grids of greater resolution is adopted, for which significant improvements are observed for the monthly precipitation simulation estimates as for the numerical weather prediction.
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Influência de variáveis meteorológicas na produção de liteira na Estação Científica Ferreira Penna, Caxiuanã, Pará
(Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, 2009-09) SILVA, Rosecélia Moreira da; COSTA, José Maria Nogueira da; RUIVO, Maria de Lourdes Pinheiro; COSTA, Antonio Carlos Lôla da; ALMEIDA, Samuel Soares
The evaluation of the influence on the exclusion of rainfall on the variation of litter production was done in Caxiuanã Forest Reserve at Ferreira Penna Scientific Station (1º 42 ' S, 51º 31 ' W) during the period from March, 2001 to February, 2003 with the objective of identifying the main meteorological variables and the main components of the monthly water balance that affected the production and decomposition of litter. This work was part of the subproject EXPERIMENT OF DROUGHT IN THE FOREST (ESECAFLOR), that aimed to study the long term impacts of drought on the water, energy and carbon dioxide fluxes in the Amazon forest. The sazonality of total litter production and its components (leaves, brushwood and reproductive parts) was well established, with the occurrence of a greater litter production during the months with lower precipitation. The monthly litter production during the experimental period ranged from 294.78 kg.ha-1 to 1758.69 kg.ha-1, with an average of 777.70 kg.ha-1. The total litter production was partitioned in leaves (61.40 %), brushwoods (18.45 %) and reproductive parts (20.14 %). The results obtained in the undisturbed plot showed a higher litter production, about 25 %, compared to the litter production in the plot under the exclusion of water. The variables more strongly correlated with litter production and its components were wind speed, global solar radiation density flux, photosynthetic active radiation density flux, soil temperature at 5 cm depth, precipitation, soil water deficit and water surplus.
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Solar radiation use efficiency by soybean under field conditions in the Amazon region
(2009-10) SOUZA, Paulo Jorge de Oliveira Ponte de; RIBEIRO, Aristides; ROCHA, Edson José Paulino da; FARIAS, José Renato Bouças; LOUREIRO, Renata Silva de; BISPO, Carlos José Capela; SAMPAIO, Leila Sobral
The objective of this work was to evaluate the efficiency of soybean (Glycine max) in intercepting and using solar radiation under natural field conditions, in the Amazon region, Brazil. The meteorological data and the values of soybean growth and leaf area were obtained from an agrometeorological experiment carried out in Paragominas, Pará state, during 2007 and 2008. The radiation use efficiency (RUE) was obtained from the ratio between the above-ground biomass production and the intercepted photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) accumulated to 99 and 95 days after sowing, in 2007 and 2008, respectively. Climatic conditions during the experiment were very distinct, with reduction in rainfall in 2007, which began during the soybean mid-cycle, due to the El Niño phenomenon. An important reduction in the leaf area index and biomass production was observed during 2007. Under natural field conditions in the Amazon region, the values of RUE were 1.46 and 1.99 g MJ-1 PAR in the 2007 and 2008 experiments, respectively. The probable reason for the differences found between these years might be associated to the water restriction in 2007 coupled with the higher air temperature and vapor pressure deficit, and also to the increase in the fraction of diffuse radiation that reached the land surface in 2008.
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Albedo da cultura da soja em área de avanço da fronteira agrícola na Amazônia
(2010-01) SOUZA, Paulo Jorge de Oliveira Ponte de; RIBEIRO, Aristides; ROCHA, Edson José Paulino da; LOUREIRO, Renata Silva de; BISPO, Carlos José Capela; SOUSA, Adriano Marlisom Leão de
Soybean expansion in the Amazon has been increasing considerably in recent years, the consequences of which can be serious environmental impacts. In this paper the soybean albedo (Glycine Max (L.) Merryl) was evaluated, which was planted in natural field conditions in Paragominas city (PA), a region representative of agricultural expansion in Amazon. A direct relationship was observed between soybean albedo and its leaf area index (LAI), showing a daily maximum value between 0.24 and 0.25 associated to a LAI of 7.17, when soybean has accumulated 1297.62 degree-days. It was found that the most critical phase of the crop, based on change in surface albedo, is the fruitification phase, when albedo shows a maximum mean value of 0.23 (± 0.0007). Empirical models were fitted to simulate the daily variation of the albedo as a function of LAI and soil humidity during the cycle, and to simulate the diurnal variation of the albedo as a function of solar elevation, for each soybean phase.
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Avaliação de características dos regimes de umidade na flona de Caxiuanã-PA durante o experimento COBRA-PARÁ
(2010-03) TANAKA, Ludmila Monteiro da Silva; SÁ, Leonardo Deane de Abreu; MOTA, Maria Aurora Santos da
We investigate the validity of a method of humidity regimes classification, based on different "states" characterization of the Tropical Atmospheric Boundary Layer (TABL), above a forest area, according to the methodology proposed by Mahrt (1991). To perform this investigation we used radiosonde information and micrometeorological tower data collected during the drier season of the region, during the experiment "COBRA-PARÁ" (carried out from 30/10 to 15/11, 2006). The analysis of moisture regimes is based on the "phase space" data representation, where the Bowen ratio (β) is plotted against the -h/L parameter (where h is the height of the turbulent mixing layer and L is the Obukhov length scale). According to the location of the data value in this "phase space" it was possible to identify the following classes: Class I - dry air and unstable conditions, Class II - dry wind, Class III - wet wind, Class IV - wet air and unstable conditions, Class V - occurrence of water condensation on the surface, Class VI - stable conditions predominance and Class VII - dew formation generated by nocturnal radiative losses with surface cooling. Among the mentioned classes, the III, IV and VI were the most frequently observed at Caxiuanã.
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Climatologia da estrutura vertical da atmosfera em novembro para Belém-PA
(2010-06) ANANIAS, Daniela dos Santos; SOUZA, Everaldo Barreiros de; SOUZA, Paulo Fernando de Souza; SOUSA, Adriano Marlisom Leão de; VITORINO, Maria Isabel; TEIXEIRA, Gleyciano Mendes; FERREIRA, Douglas Batista da Silva
The present work reports a diagnostic study on the vertical structure of air temperature, dew point temperature and relative humidity over the region of Belém-PA (eastern Amazon), based on monthly dataset for a period of 26 years (1982 to 2007). The focus is on the transition period from dry to wet season in the eastern Amazon, i.e., the month of November. Two contrasting composites in relation to the rainfall regime were considered: the wet and the dry year's composites, which were established objectively by the percentiles method. The results showed that the main difference observed in the temperature and humidity profiles, comparing dry and wet years, occurs in the atmospheric layer between the middle and upper levels of the troposphere (between the patterns level from 700 hPa to 400 hPa). In this layer, the difference between air temperatures and dew point is significantly higher and the contrast of moisture associated with convection also shows the highest values. In general, the compositions showed that the temperature profiles anomalously warmer (cold) and the moisture profiles anomalously wetter (dry) are associate to the years of rainfall above (below) of normal in the region of Belém-PA.
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Radiation balance in a soybean ecosystem in the Amazon
(2010-12) SOUZA, Paulo Jorge de Oliveira Ponte de; ROCHA, Edson José Paulino da; RIBEIRO, Aristides; SOUZA, Everaldo Barreiros de
The continuous advance of the agricultural border in the Amazon has been worrying the scientific community due to the possible environmental impacts caused by this change in land use. The present work evaluated the behavior of the radiation balance components over the soybean crop (Glycine Max (L.) Merryl) in an Amazon area of continuous advance of the agricultural border. The radiation components were continuously monitored during the soybean cycle in 2006 and 2007 in an area of 200 ha. The soybean cultivation in the Amazon presented an abrupt change in the radiation balance components, with the consequent reduction in the energy available to the environment due to the increase in the surface reflection. There was a significant contribution of the diffuse radiation component in the soybean interception during cloudy conditions, even under incomplete canopy covering. Moreover, after the canopy closure, a similar interaction between soybean and solar radiation occurs, regardless of the cloud condition.
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Estimativa da radiação de onda longa atmosférica em áreas de floresta e de pastagem no sudoeste da Amazônia
(2011-06) AGUIAR, Leonardo José Gonçalves; COSTA, José Maria Nogueira da; FISCH, Graciela Redies; AGUIAR, Renata Gonçalves; COSTA, Antonio Carlos Lôla da; FERREIRA, Williams Pinto Marques
Atmospheric long wave radiation (Lin) is the most difficult component of the radiation budget to be measured. In Amazonia there are very few regular measurements of this component, even though it is an important variable in the calculation of the surface radiation balance and frequently used in climate models. Given the need for such data, the objective of this study is to evaluate the performance of seven equations used for the estimation of Lin for clear-sky days in forest (Reserva Biológica do Jaru, 10º4'48''S; 61º55'48''W) and pasture (Fazenda Nossa Senhora, 10º45'S, 62º21'W) areas in South West Amazonia. Measurements of atmospheric long wave radiation in the period from June 2005 to May 2006 were compared with estimates. The tested equations performed satisfactorily only during the dry season. High cloud conditions that dominate during the wet season significantly limited the amount of data available to evaluate the equations. Equations that use information about air temperature and vapor pressure for the Lin estimate performed better than those that use only air temperature. The equations of Brutsaert (1975), Idso (1981) and Prata (1996) performed best, had the highest rates of agreement and are therefore the most appropriate equations for estimating atmospheric long wave radiation in South West Amazonia.
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Simulation of soybean growth and yield under northeastern Amazon climatic conditions
(2011-06) SOUZA, Paulo Jorge de Oliveira Ponte de; FARIAS, José Renato Bouças; ABREU, José Paulo Mourão de Melo e; RIBEIRO, Aristides; ROCHA, Edson José Paulino da; BOTELHO, Marcel do Nascimento; SOUSA, Adriano Marlisom Leão de
The objective of this work was to parameterize, calibrate, and validate a new version of the soybean growth and yield model developed by Sinclair, under natural field conditions in northeastern Amazon. The meteorological data and the values of soybean growth and leaf area were obtained from an agrometeorological experiment carried out in Paragominas, PA, Brazil, from 2006 to 2009. The climatic conditions during the experiment were very distinct, with a slight reduction in rainfall in 2007, due to the El Niño phenomenon. There was a reduction in the leaf area index (LAI) and in biomass production during this year, which was reproduced by the model. The simulation of the LAI had root mean square error (RMSE) of 0.55 to 0.82 m2 m-2, from 2006 to 2009. The simulation of soybean yield for independent data showed a RMSE of 198 kg ha‑1, i.e., an overestimation of 3%. The model was calibrated and validated for Amazonian climatic conditions, and can contribute positively to the improvement of the simulations of the impacts of land use change in the Amazon region. The modified version of the Sinclair model is able to adequately simulate leaf area formation, total biomass, and soybean yield, under northeastern Amazon climatic conditions.