CloudRoots-Amazon22: Integrating clouds with photosynthesis by crossing scales

J. Vilà-Guerau de Arellano*, O. K. Hartogensis, H. de Boer, R. Moonen, R. González-Armas, M. Janssens, G. A. Adnew, D. J. Bonell-Fontás, S. Botía, S. P. Jones, H. van Asperen, S. Komiya, V. S. de Feiter, D. Rikkers, S. de Haas, L. A. T. Machado, C. Q. Dias-Junior, G. Giovanelli-Haytzmann, W. I. D. Valenti, R. C. FigueiredoC. S. Farias, D. H. Hall, A. C. S. Mendonça, F. A. G. da Silva, J. L. Marton da Silva, R. Souza, G. Martins, J. N. Miller, W. B. Mol, B. Heusinkveld, C. C. van Heerwaarden, F. A. F. D’Oliveira, R. Rodrigues Ferreira, R. Acosta Gotuzzo, G. Pugliese, J. Williams, A. Ringsdorf, A. Edtbauer, C. A. Quesada, B. Takeshi Tanaka Portela, E. Gomes Alves, C. Pöhlker, S. Trumbore, J. Lelieveld, T. Röckmann

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Abstract

How are rain forest photosynthesis and turbulent fluxes influenced by clouds? To what extent are clouds affected by local processes driven by rain forest energy, water, and carbon fluxes? These interrelated questions were the main drivers of the intensive field experiment CloudRoots-Amazon22 which took place at the Amazon Tall Tower Observatory (ATTO)/Campina supersites in the Amazon rain forest during the dry season, in August 2022. CloudRoots-Amazon22 collected observational data to derive cause–effect relationships between processes occurring at the leaf level up to canopy scales in relation to the diurnal evolution of the clear-to-cloudy transition. First, we studied the impact of cloud and canopy radiation perturbations on the subdiurnal variability of stomatal conductance. Stoma opening is larger in the morning, modulated by the cloud optical thickness. Second, we combined 1-Hz frequency measurements of the stable isotopologues of carbon dioxide and water vapor with measurements of turbulence to determine carbon dioxide and water vapor sources and sinks within the canopy. Using scintillometer observations, we inferred 1-min sensible heat flux that responded within minutes to the cloud passages. Third, collocated profiles of state variables and greenhouse gases enabled us to determine the role of clouds in vertical transport. We then inferred, using canopy and upper-atmospheric observations and a parameterization, the cloud cover and cloud mass flux to establish causality between canopy and cloud processes. This shows the need for a comprehensive observational set to improve weather and climate model representations. Our findings contribute to advance our knowledge of the coupling between cloudy boundary layers and primary carbon productivity of the Amazon rain forest.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)E1275–E1302
Number of pages28
JournalBulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Volume105
Issue number7
Early online date6 May 2024
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jul 2024

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Funding

Acknowledgments. The CloudRoots-Amazon22 project is funded by the Dutch Research Council (NWO under the project CloudRoots\u2013Clouds rooted in a heterogeneous biosphere (https://cloudroots. wur.nl/) (Dutch Research Council NWO OCENW.KLEIN.407). The research of S. J., S. K., H. v. A., S. T., and C. P. has been funded by the Bundesministerium f\u00FCr Bildung und Forschung (BMBF Contracts 01LB1001A, 01LK1602B, and 01LK2101B), the Brazilian Minist\u00E9rio da Ci\u00EAncia, Tecnologia e Inova\u00E7\u00E3o (MCTI/FINEP Contract 01.11.01248.00), the Max Planck Society, the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cient\u00EDfico e Tecnol\u00F3gico (CNPq, Brazil) (Process 200723/2015-4), the FAPESP (Funda\u00E7\u00E3o de Amparo \u00E0 Pesquisa do Estado de S\u00E3o Paulo) (Grant 2017/17047-0), the CNPq project (Grant 169842/2017-7), and the CAPES project (Grant 88887.368025/2019-00). For the operation of the ATTO site, we acknowledge the support by the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amaz\u00F4nia (INPA), the Amazon State University (UEA), the Large-Scale Biosphere\u2013Atmosphere Experiment (LBA), FAPEAM, the Reserva de Desenvolvimento Sustent\u00E1vel do Uatum\u00E3 (SDS/CEUC/RDS-Uatum\u00E3), and the Max Planck Society as well as all the people involved in the technical, logistic, and scientific support of the ATTO project. The radiation instruments are funded via NWO Grant 184.034.015. We would also like to thank you for the logistic support at the ATTO site, in particular Amaury Rodrigues, Antonio Huxley Melo do Nascimento, Sipko Bulthuis, and Valmir Ferreira de Lima. Last but not least, we thank the reviews by the two referees for of their many insightful comments and suggestions. Prof. David Fitzjarrald\u2019s evaluation enabled us to properly connect and reference earlier studies connected to our study. The CloudRoots-Amazon22 project is funded by the Dutch Research Council (NWO under the project CloudRoots\u2013Clouds rooted in a heterogeneous biosphere (https://cloudroots. wur.nl/) (Dutch Research Council NWO OCENW.KLEIN.407). The research of S. J., S. K., H. v. A., S. T., and C. P. has been funded by the Bundesministerium f\u00FCr Bildung und Forschung (BMBF Contracts 01LB1001A, 01LK1602B, and 01LK2101B), the Brazilian Minist\u00E9rio da Ci\u00EAncia, Tecnologia e Inova\u00E7\u00E3o (MCTI/FINEP Contract 01.11.01248.00), the Max Planck Society, the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cient\u00EDfico e Tecnol\u00F3gico (CNPq, Brazil) (Process 200723/2015-4), the FAPESP (Funda\u00E7\u00E3o de Amparo \u00E0 Pesquisa do Estado de S\u00E3o Paulo) (Grant 2017/17047-0), the CNPq project (Grant 169842/2017-7), and the CAPES project (Grant 88887.368025/2019-00). For the operation of the ATTO site, we acknowledge the support by the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amaz\u00F4nia (INPA), the Amazon State University (UEA), the Large-Scale Biosphere\u2013Atmosphere Experiment (LBA), FAPEAM, the Reserva de Desenvolvimento Sustent\u00E1vel do Uatum\u00E3 (SDS/CEUC/RDS-Uatum\u00E3), and the Max Planck Society as well as all the people involved in the technical, logistic, and scientific support of the ATTO project. The radiation instruments are funded via NWO Grant 184.034.015. We would also like to thank you for the logistic support at the ATTO site, in particular Amaury Rodrigues, Antonio Huxley Melo do Nascimento, Sipko Bulthuis, and Valmir Ferreira de Lima. Last but not least, we thank the reviews by the two referees for of their many insightful comments and suggestions. Prof. David Fitzjarrald\u2019s evaluation enabled us to properly connect and reference earlier studies connected to our study.

FundersFunder number
FAPEAM
UEA
University of East Anglia
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia
Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
Amazon State University
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
Reserva de Desenvolvimento Sustentável do Uatumã
Dutch Research Council
BMBF
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Amazonas
NWO
CNPq
ATTO184.034.015
Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação01.11.01248.00
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo2017/17047-0, 169842/2017-7
Dutch Research Council NWOOCENW.KLEIN.407
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung01LK1602B, 01LK2101B, 01LB1001A
CAPES88887.368025/2019-00

    Keywords

    • Amazon region
    • Atmosphere-land
    • Carbon cycle
    • Clouds
    • interaction

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