Amazonas
Project Overview:
The aim of the Amazon project is to evaluate the atmospheric impacts of extreme and idealized deforestation on drought conditions in the Amazon. The atmospheric impacts are ascertained by comparing a simulation of drought conditions actually observed over the Amazon rain forest, know as the Control, with simulations that assume a significantly reduced rain forest cover over the Amazon. This scenario, known as the deforested case, is affected by initializing the model with replacing the Amazon rain forest grid cells with Savanna. Details about the Deforestation scenario model setup can be found here.
| Type | Value |
|---|---|
| Time period | 01.10.2023 to 31.10.2023 |
| Resolution (km) | 3 |
| Output time step (min) | 15 |
| No. of grid cells | 65536002 |
Table 1: MPAS model overview
A high-resolution 3km global MPAS model is used for the simulations. The Control simulation models the month of October, 2023 when a record breaking drought was reported over the Amazon. The comparison between the Control and Deforested scenarios is expected to showcase the impact of the reduced rain forest cover on the droughts in the Amazon and provide new insights in to the atmospheric and precipitation processes in the Amazon region.