Figure 3: Vegetation–atmosphere coupling for current rainfall conditions in the Amazon basin.
From: Self-amplified Amazon forest loss due to vegetation-atmosphere feedbacks
(a) Amazon forest resilience calculated from a logistic regression model (equations 4 and 5) based on monthly rainfall data (CRU) for the period 1961–2012. (b) Simulated changes in evapotranspiration during the extended dry season (June-November) after complete forest loss calculated from a regression model (equations 15 and 16) fitted to synthesis hydro-climate data (1989–2005). The color scale has been truncated at 25%. (c) Fraction of total precipitation during the extended dry season (June–November) that last evaporated from the ocean, calculated from atmospheric moisture tracking22,42 of synthesis hydro-climate data (1989–2005). Arrows represent vertically integrated moisture fluxes.
