Orographic rainfall hot spots in the Andes‐Amazon transition according to the TRMM precipitation radar and in situ data
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DOI: 10.1002/2016jd026282
Abstract: The Andes-Amazon transition, along the eastern Peruvian Andes, features “hotspots” with strong precipitation. Using 15 years of TRMM PR data we established a robust relation between terrain elevation and mean surface precipitation, with the latter… read more here.
Keywords: precipitation; andes amazon; amazon transition; orographic rainfall ... See more keywords
Conservation assessment of the Peruvian Andes and Amazon based on mapped forest functional diversity
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DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2017.04.008
Abstract: Abstract Ongoing tropical deforestation and forest degradation, combined with climate change, call for improved forest functional and biological diversity mapping to support increasingly tactical decision-making for conservation action. We combine a new map of forest… read more here.
Keywords: diversity; andes amazon; conservation; mapped forest ... See more keywords