Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 6735–6754, 2021 https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-6735-2021 © Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. What drives daily precipitation over the central Amazon? Differences observed between wet and dry seasons Thiago S. Biscaro1, Luiz A. T. Machado1,3, Scott E. Giangrande2, and Michael P. Jensen2 1Meteorological Satellites and Sensors Division, National Institute for Space Research, Cachoeira Paulista, São Paulo, 12630000, Brazil 2Environmental and Climate Sciences Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, USA 3Multiphase Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, 55128 Mainz, Germany Correspondence: Thiago S. Biscaro (
[email protected]) Received: 20 October 2020 – Discussion started: 22 October 2020 Revised: 24 March 2021 – Accepted: 30 March 2021 – Published: 5 May 2021 Abstract. This study offers an alternative presentation re- tion cycle has been studied for decades using various numer- garding how diurnal precipitation is modulated by convec- ical models (Bechtold et al., 2004; Sato et al., 2009; Strat- tive events that developed over the central Amazon during ton and Stirling, 2012) and observational techniques (Itterly the preceding nighttime period. We use data collected during et al., 2016; Machado et al., 2002; Oliveira et al., 2016). the Observations and Modelling of the Green Ocean Amazon Despite these efforts, there remain several unresolved is- (GoAmazon 2014/2015) field campaign that took place from sues related to the