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Belterra--Henry Ford’s city in the Amazon forest…..

Belterra--Henry Ford’s city in the Amazon forest…. Aspect of the Large-Scale Atmosphere-Biosphere Experiment in Amazônia: The Ecological studies near Santarém, Pará, Brazil. David R. Fitzjarrald. ASRC, University at Albany, SUNY, Albany NY USA E-mail: fitz@asrc.cestm.albany.edu.

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Belterra--Henry Ford’s city in the Amazon forest…..

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  1. Belterra--Henry Ford’s city in the Amazon forest…..

  2. Aspect of the Large-Scale Atmosphere-Biosphere Experiment in Amazônia: The Ecological studies near Santarém, Pará, Brazil. • David R. Fitzjarrald ASRC, University at Albany, SUNY, Albany NY USAE-mail: fitz@asrc.cestm.albany.edu

  3. Clouds indicate the importance of the river breeze circulations in the LBA-Ecology area.

  4. Before the road got repaired at km 67 JRG/SUNY Pasture flux Site (km 77) Tower Solar panels

  5. ASRC/SUNY Jungle Research Group Subcanopy sonic anemometer km 67 data acquisition (photos by E. Brait) Not pictured: km 67 cloud ceilometer Radiation boom on km 67 tower.

  6. Five automatic weather stations, 3 flux towers, and the Santarém airport station makes a crude mesoscale network. STM Mojui Belterra Ituqui Jamaraqua Pasture Old growth Km117 Cut site

  7. Seeking the river breeze pressure gradient--diurnal difference superimposed on the semidiurnal tide.

  8. Our clocks were a little off, but not enough to explain the rainfall time of occurrence differences.

  9. Heavy line is the “climate” station at Santarém airport.

  10. Observer may underestimate cloud base.

  11. We’re not in over our head yet!

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