River winds and pollutant recirculation near the Manaus city in the central Amazon

Tianning Zhao; Jianhuai Ye; Igor O. Ribeiro; Yongjing Ma; Hui-Ming Hung; Carla E. Batista; Matthew P. Stewart; Patricia C. Guimarães; Jordi Vilà-Guerau de Arellano; Rodrigo A. F. de Souza; Alex B. Guenther; Scot T. Martin

doi:10.1038/s43247-021-00277-6

Communications Earth & Environment (Oct 2021)

River winds and pollutant recirculation near the Manaus city in the central Amazon

Tianning Zhao,
Jianhuai Ye,
Igor O. Ribeiro,
Yongjing Ma,
Hui-Ming Hung,
Carla E. Batista,
Matthew P. Stewart,
Patricia C. Guimarães,
Jordi Vilà-Guerau de Arellano,
Rodrigo A. F. de Souza,
Alex B. Guenther,
Scot T. Martin

Affiliations

Tianning Zhao: School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University
Jianhuai Ye: School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University
Igor O. Ribeiro: Post-graduate Program in Climate and Environment, National Institute of Amazonian Research
Yongjing Ma: State Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Physics and Atmospheric Chemistry, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Hui-Ming Hung: Department of Atmospheric Sciences, National Taiwan University
Carla E. Batista: Post-graduate Program in Climate and Environment, National Institute of Amazonian Research
Matthew P. Stewart: School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University
Patricia C. Guimarães: Post-graduate Program in Climate and Environment, National Institute of Amazonian Research
Jordi Vilà-Guerau de Arellano: Meteorology and Air Quality Group, Wageningen University & Research
Rodrigo A. F. de Souza: School of Technology, Amazonas State University
Alex B. Guenther: Department of Earth System Science, University of California
Scot T. Martin: School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00277-6
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Atmospheric pollutants recirculated by river winds reduce air quality for riverbank communities in the Amazon, according to unmanned aerial vehicle measurements and large eddy simulations.

Published in Communications Earth & Environment

ISSN: 2662-4435 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Geology; Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Environmental sciences
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsenv/

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