Impact of the transboundary transport of atmospheric aerosols due to the burning of vegetation in the Amazon on the Andean region of Peru

Authors

  • Roberto Julio Ángeles Vásquez Faculty of Civil Engineering / National University of the Center of Peru
  • Julio Miguel Ángeles Suazo Faculty of Environmental Engineering / Alas Peruanas University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26490/uncp.prospectivauniversitaria.2019.16.1034

Keywords:

Radiative effect, Atmospheric aerosols, Amazon, Greenhouse gases, Biomass burning

Abstract

The present investigation tries to quantify about the possible origins of aerosols produced in the Amazon towards the Andean region of Peru, where it was  concluded that using the TERRA satellite of the MODS sensor the variability of the optical thickness of aerosol in the province of Huancayo has an average of 0.3, compared to the stations of De Alta Floresta, Cuiaba and Abracos is lower. It is also indicated that the aerosol emissions that are produced in the wet season are 0.96, compared to the dry season of 0.25 in the Abracos station. Also in the stations of Alta Floresta, Cuiaba and Huancayo province indicate a maximum of 1, 1.2 and 0.12 respectively, where show that in the wet season (September) there is a transport of atmospheric aerosols to the Huancayo province of the Amazon of Brazil.

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Impact of the transboundary transport of atmospheric aerosols due to the burning of vegetation in the Amazon on the Andean region of Peru. (2022). University Prospective in Engineering and Technology, 16(1), 83-92. https://doi.org/10.26490/uncp.prospectivauniversitaria.2019.16.1034