Balanço de energia e fluxos turbulentos associados à fatores físico-químicos da água na baía de Caxiuanã

Abstract

Investigate the behavior of the energy balance on water surfaces is still a scientific challenge, since few studies are available on this topic in this type of surface. The flona of Caxiunã several years ago has become a major object of study for various field of science that support for the Amazon region. Among these fields lies the micrometeorology, which discusses among his main topics of interest are the phenomena of energy and mass exchange at the surface-atmosphere interface. Aiming to fill this lack of information, in this study the hourly and seasonal variations of the components of energy balance, such as latent heat and sensible heat flux were analyzed. With the assist of meteorological variables such as precipitation, air temperature, wind speed and direction as well as physical- chemical water parameters (albedo, tide level, turbidity, water temperature and amount of total organic and inorganic carbon) was studied the role of these variables in the energy balance in the Caxiuanã bay. A peculiarity presented by Caxiuanã bay was the water temperature always being higher than the air temperature values, demonstrating that the bay can hold large amounts of heat during the day and not lose most of this heat to the atmosphere during the night. The total organic carbon present in the waters of the bay decreased concentration throughout the study period. The latent heat flux (LE) was shown to be the dominant component of the energy balance, presenting an average value of 200 W.m-2 during most of the study period, and the sensible heat flux (H) showed a peak in May with about 50 W.m-2. The negative values of H during the nighttime show that the bay is losing heat to the environment, ie, the bay is acting as a heat source for local atmosphere, including the forest.