A quick look at the 2012 record flood in the Amazon Basin
The water level at the Manaus Port on the Negro River reached its record value of 29.97 m on 29 May 2012. This is higher than the previous record in the year 2009 by 20 cm. The rise of the level from November 2011 till the record maximum is the highest in the past several decades. A cooler South Atl...
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ftinstnpamazon:oai:repositorio:1/17887 2023-05-15T17:28:59+02:00 A quick look at the 2012 record flood in the Amazon Basin Satyamurty, Prakki Costa, Cláudia Priscila Wanzeler da Manzi, Antônio Ocimar Cândido, Luiz Antônio 2013 https://repositorio.inpa.gov.br/handle/1/17887 https://doi.org/10.1002/grl.50245 en eng Geophysical Research Letters Volume 40, Número 7, Pags. 1396-1401 https://repositorio.inpa.gov.br/handle/1/17887 doi:10.1002/grl.50245 Restrito Amazon Basin Atmospheric Moisture Moisture Convergence North Atlantic Rainy Seasons Record Values River Levels South Atlantic Climatology Moisture Rain Water Levels Floods Flooding La Nina Moisture Flux Rainfall Seasonality Water Level Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Ocean (north) Atlantic Ocean (south) Rio Negro [south America] Artigo 2013 ftinstnpamazon https://doi.org/10.1002/grl.50245 2020-08-26T12:15:09Z The water level at the Manaus Port on the Negro River reached its record value of 29.97 m on 29 May 2012. This is higher than the previous record in the year 2009 by 20 cm. The rise of the level from November 2011 till the record maximum is the highest in the past several decades. A cooler South Atlantic and a normal or slightly warmer North Atlantic were associated with a record flood in the Amazon Basin in 2012. The seasonal atmospheric moisture convergence and the precipitation over the Amazon Basin are well correlated. During the period October 2011 through May 2012 the moisture-flux convergence was 38% more intense than climatology. The rainfall equivalence of this excess moisture convergence is about 2.5 mm d-1 in the western Amazon Basin and 1.8 mm d -1 in the whole Amazon Basin. Key Points In May 2012 the Negro River level reached record high value Amazon's convergence was 30% more than its climatological the rainy season La Nina condition produced rainfall in excess in the rainy season in the Amazon ©2013. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic Repositório do INPA Geophysical Research Letters 40 7 1396 1401 |
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Amazon Basin Atmospheric Moisture Moisture Convergence North Atlantic Rainy Seasons Record Values River Levels South Atlantic Climatology Moisture Rain Water Levels Floods Flooding La Nina Moisture Flux Rainfall Seasonality Water Level Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Ocean (north) Atlantic Ocean (south) Rio Negro [south America] Satyamurty, Prakki Costa, Cláudia Priscila Wanzeler da Manzi, Antônio Ocimar Cândido, Luiz Antônio A quick look at the 2012 record flood in the Amazon Basin |
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The water level at the Manaus Port on the Negro River reached its record value of 29.97 m on 29 May 2012. This is higher than the previous record in the year 2009 by 20 cm. The rise of the level from November 2011 till the record maximum is the highest in the past several decades. A cooler South Atlantic and a normal or slightly warmer North Atlantic were associated with a record flood in the Amazon Basin in 2012. The seasonal atmospheric moisture convergence and the precipitation over the Amazon Basin are well correlated. During the period October 2011 through May 2012 the moisture-flux convergence was 38% more intense than climatology. The rainfall equivalence of this excess moisture convergence is about 2.5 mm d-1 in the western Amazon Basin and 1.8 mm d -1 in the whole Amazon Basin. Key Points In May 2012 the Negro River level reached record high value Amazon's convergence was 30% more than its climatological the rainy season La Nina condition produced rainfall in excess in the rainy season in the Amazon ©2013. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved. |
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