Publications and Actual Research
 

Academic Thesis and Dissertations:

Carmo, A.M.C. do. Estudo da Estrutura Termodinâmica da Atmosfera sobre a Amazônia. Tese de Mestrado, INPE, São José dos Campos, Brasil, 111 p, 1996;

  Fisch, G. Camada Limite Amazônica: aspectos observacionais e de modelagem. Tese de Doutorado (INPE 6123 - TDI/584), INPE, São José dos Campos, Brasil, 171 p, 1996;

Souza, S. S., A Substituição da Floresta Amazônica por Pastagem e sua Repercussão ao Nível da Termodinâmica da Camada Limite Atmosférica: Projeto RBLE. Tese de Mestrado, UFPB, Campina Grande, 103 p, 1997;

  Silva, M.A.V. Modelagem Estatístico-Dinâmica de Média Zonal Incluindo Parametrização explícita da Vegetação. Tese de Doutorado, INPE, São José dos Campos, Brasil, 156 p, 1996;

Books:

Fisch, G.; Culf, A.D.; Nobre, C.A. Modelling convective boundary layer growth in Rondônia. In: Gash, J.H.C.; Nobre, C.A.; Roberts, J.M. e Victoria, R.L. (eds.). Amazonia deforestation and climate. John Wiley & Sons, Chichester (UK), p. 425-435, 1996;

Nobre, C.A.; Fisch, G.; Rocha, H.R.; Lyra, R.F.F.; Rocha, E.J.P.; Costa, A.C.L. da; Ubarana, V.N. Observations of the atmospheric boundary layer in Rondônia. In: Gash, J.H.C.; Nobre, C.A.; Roberts, J.M. e Victoria, R.L. (eds.). Amazonia deforestation and climate. John Wiley & Sons, Chichester (UK), p. 425-435, 1996;

  Silva Dias, M.A.F.; Regnier, P. Simulations of mesoscale circulations in a deforested area in Rondônia in the dry season. In: Gash, J.H.C.; Nobre, C.A.; Roberts, J.M.; Victoria, R.L., ed. Amazonia deforestation and climate. John Wiley & Sons, Chichester (UK), p. 425-435, 1996;

Papers in journals/proceedings:

Culf, A.D.; Fisch, G.; Malhi, Y.; Nobre, C.A. The influence of the atmospheric boundary layer of carbon dioxide concentrations over a tropical forest. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology (aceito para publicação em setembro de 1996);

Dolman, A.J.; Silva Dias, M.A.F.; Calvet, J.C.; Ashby, M.; Tahara, A.S.; Delire, C.; Kabat, P.; Fisch, G.; Nobre, C.A. Meso scale effects of tropical deforestation in Amazonia: preparatory LBA modelling studies. (submetido ao Journal Geophysiscal Research em XXXX de 1997);

Fisch, G.; Nobre, C.A. The atmospheric boundary layer in the Amazon region. Proceedings of the Special Symposium on Boundary Layer and Turbulence (77 Annual Meeting of AMS), Long Beach, 2-7/2/97, p. 72-75, 1997;

Fisch, G.; Nobre, C.A.; Culf, A.D. A note on the modification of the ABL structure due to a Friagem in the Amazon region (in preparation), 12 p.;

Fisch, G.; Nobre, C.A.; Lyra, R.F.F.;Culf, A.D.; Rocha, E.J.P.; Rocha, H.R. Observational aspects of the atmospheric boundary layer developed over tropical forest and pasture in the Amazon region (in preparation), 28 p.;

Rocha, H.R.; Nobre, C.A.; Bonatti, J.P.; Wright, I.R.; Sellers, P.J. A vegetation-atmosphere interaction study for Amazonia deforestation using field data and a "single column"model. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 122(531): 567-594;

Actual Research:

  observational aspects of the development of the atmospheric boundary layer over forest and pasture in Amazonia. Participants: G. Fisch (CTA), R. Lyra (UFAL), S. S. Silva (UFAL/INPE), C.A. Nobre (INPE), A.D. Culf (IH-UK). Contact: gfisch@aca.iae.cta.br;

  mesoscale circulation in Rondonia using RAMS (The Regional Atmospheric Modeling System). Participants :A.S. Tahara (CPTEC/INPE), M.A.F. Silva Dias (IAG/USP), G. Fisch (CTA), C.A. Nobre (CPTEC/INPE), A.J. Dolman (SC-DLO - Holland), M. Ashby (SC-DLO - Holland). Contact: mafdsdia@model.iag.usp.br;

estimates of the regional fluxes of momemtum, sensible and latent heat at forest and pasture sites in Amazonia. Participants: J.T. da Silva (INPE) e G. Fisch (CTA)) Master of Science Dissertation (INPE, Brazil); Contact: gfisch@aca.iae.cta.br ;