@Article{PanissetLiGoMaFrFrPe:2018:CoPaEx,
               author = "Panisset, J{\'e}ssica S. and Libonati, Renata and Gouveia, 
                         C{\'e}lia Marina P. and Machado-Silva, Fausto and Fran{\c{c}}a, 
                         Daniela A. and Fran{\c{c}}a, Jos{\'e} Ricardo A. and Peres, 
                         Leonardo F.",
          affiliation = "{Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)} and {Universidade 
                         Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)} and {Universidade de Lisboa} and 
                         {Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)} and {Instituto 
                         Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)} and {Universidade Federal 
                         do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)} and {Universidade Federal do Rio de 
                         Janeiro (UFRJ)}",
                title = "Contrasting patterns of the extreme drought episodes of 2005, 2010 
                         and 2015 in the Amazon Basin",
              journal = "International Journal of Climatology",
                 year = "2018",
               volume = "38",
                pages = "1096--1104",
             keywords = "Amazon Basin, drought, precipitation, LST, solar radiation.",
             abstract = "Future climate scenarios point to an increase in the frequency of 
                         extreme droughts events, even in humid biomes. Throughout the 21st 
                         century, large areas of the Amazon basin experienced the most 
                         severe droughts ever recorded with special emphasis on the 2005 
                         and 2010 events due to their severity and extent. Currently, there 
                         is an increased demand to understand the geographic extent and 
                         seasonal variability of climate variables during drought events, 
                         especially with respect to the social and environmental impacts. 
                         In this study, we aim to compare the observed climate conditions 
                         during the drought episodes of 2005, 2010 and 2015. We perform a 
                         detailed assessment of the measured precipitation, land-surface 
                         temperature (LST) and solar radiation anomalies. We provide 
                         evidence that the anomalous precipitation deficit during 2015 
                         exceeded the amplitude and spatial extent of the previous events, 
                         affecting more than 80% of Amazon basin, particularly the eastern 
                         portion. The pronounced lack of rainfall availability during late 
                         spring and early summer, coincident with radiation and temperature 
                         surpluses during these years are significant and notable. Changed 
                         meteorological spatial patterns were observed, with precipitation 
                         and radiation being the most prominent parameters in 2005, whereas 
                         precipitation and LST were most relevant in 2010. Understanding 
                         the behaviour and interactions of pertinent meteorological 
                         variables, as well as identifying similar or divergent patterns 
                         over the region during distinct extreme events, is essential for 
                         the improvement of our knowledge of Amazon forest vulnerability to 
                         climate fluctuation changes.",
                  doi = "10.1002/joc.5224",
                  url = "http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/joc.5224",
                 issn = "0899-8418",
                label = "self-archiving-INPE-MCTIC-GOV-BR",
             language = "en",
           targetfile = "Panisset_contrasting.pdf",
        urlaccessdate = "28 abr. 2024"
}