Rondonia, Brazil. Location of the meteorological sensors. The deforested area is shown in dark yellow.
4. CASE STUDIES
In order to understand
the structure of the convective systems that occurred during the period
studied, three specific cases are analysed. The surface data analyzed was
obtained from a microclimate tower at Nossa Senhora pasture (10 45'S,
62 22'W) site near Ji-Parana, Rondonia. In particular we analyzed
the air temperature, the downward short wave radiation at surface, the
wind speed, and wind direction. In addition, information on the reflectivity
and Doppler velocity was taken from the ground-based radar profiler. Also
the images from the ground S-pol radar, was used to understand the spatial
structure and evolution of the systems that occured in the cases studied.
Rondonia, Brazil. Location of the meteorological sensors. The deforested area is shown in dark yellow.