Land Surface heterogeneity caused by deforestation may induce significant land-breeze circulations and associated transport of heat and moisture. Land cover patterns over the simulations domain in Rond nia, Amazonia.
Dark areas represent deforested surface.
It has been argued that for a moist atmosphere, the mesoscale circulations over the surface with variable land cover could trigger moist convection and enhance rainfall. Break periodsimulation under the condition of reduced synoptic wind.