Amazonian terrestrial water balance inferred from satellite-observed water vapor isotopes

Mingjie Shi; John R. Worden; Adriana Bailey; David Noone; Camille Risi; Rong Fu; Sarah Worden; Robert Herman; Vivienne Payne; Thomas Pagano; Kevin Bowman; A. Anthony Bloom; Sassan Saatchi; Junjie Liu; Joshua B. Fisher

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-30317-4

Nature Communications (May 2022)

Amazonian terrestrial water balance inferred from satellite-observed water vapor isotopes

Mingjie Shi,
John R. Worden,
Adriana Bailey,
David Noone,
Camille Risi,
Rong Fu,
Sarah Worden,
Robert Herman,
Vivienne Payne,
Thomas Pagano,
Kevin Bowman,
A. Anthony Bloom,
Sassan Saatchi,
Junjie Liu,
Joshua B. Fisher

Affiliations

Mingjie Shi: Joint Institute for Regional Earth System Science and Engineering, University of California
John R. Worden: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
Adriana Bailey: National Center for Atmospheric Research
David Noone: University of Auckland
Camille Risi: Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique
Rong Fu: University of California
Sarah Worden: University of California
Robert Herman: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
Vivienne Payne: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
Thomas Pagano: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
Kevin Bowman: Joint Institute for Regional Earth System Science and Engineering, University of California
A. Anthony Bloom: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
Sassan Saatchi: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
Junjie Liu: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
Joshua B. Fisher: Joint Institute for Regional Earth System Science and Engineering, University of California

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30317-4
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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The evolution of the Amazon forest is tightly coupled to its terrestrial water balance. Here, the authors show that forest biomass changes in the Amazon are a driver of the spatiotemporal variation of evapotranspiration, and such changes could have a larger impact on water availability in the dry regions (southern, eastern) of the Amazon.

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ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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