Boundary Layer Thermodynamics over Rondonia in the rainy season (LBA/TRMM)

Thermodynamic projections of both surface data and tethersonde data, are used to separate different physical and temporal processes, such as the diurnal time change and vertical advective processes for both undisturbed days, and strong convective events over Rondonia during the Amazonian rainy season. We explore structures within the sub-cloud layer and convective interactions through cloud-base, and their role in maintaining surface climate over land in the tropics.