Observations and Simulations of the Water and Energy balances in the Amazon Basin
José
A.
Marengo, CPTEC/INPE, marengo@cptec.inpe.br
(Presenting)
Carlos
Afonso
Nobre, CPTEC/INPE, nobre@cptec.inpe.br
Helio
Camargo, CPTEC/INPE, helio@cptec.inpe.br
Candido
Luiz, CPTEC/INPE, lcandido@cptec.inpe.br
Castro
A
Christopher, CPTEC/INPE, castro@cptec.inpe.br
Observations and Simulations of the Water and Energy balances in the Amazon Basin
We study the water and energy budgets in the Amazon basin, using observations from thye different LBA reference sites, and the NCEP
reanalysis to estimate the components of the water and energy balances, in terms of seasonal and interannual variability. In addition, simulations of these budgets are analyzed using the
results of a 50 years climatology of the CPTEC COLA GCM, in order to
estimate the balance components and to investigate the systematic
errors in the simulation of these balances.
One important issue is the analysis of uncertainties in the
estimates of the water balance in the Amazon basin and its northern and southern basis. In addition, the closure of the water balance is to be investigated.