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Input MOD
Dry season (JJAS)
80°W
0.05
60°W
0.15
0.25
10°N
10°N
10°N
10°N
10°S
10°S
10°S
10°S
30°S
30°S
30°S
30°S
40°W
0.35
Wet season (DJFM)
80°W
0.45
0.05
(a) ρAm
60°W
0.15
0.25
(b)
40°W
0.35
80°W
0.45
0.05
60°W
0.15
ρcasc
Am
0.25
40°W
0.35
80°W
0.45
0.05
60°W
0.15
(c) ρAm
0.25
(d)
40°W
0.35
0.45
ρcasc
Am
Input LFE
Dry season (JJAS)
80°W
0.05
60°W
0.15
0.25
40°W
0.35
(e) ρAm
0.45
Wet season (DJFM)
10°N
10°N
10°N
10°N
10°S
10°S
10°S
10°S
30°S
30°S
30°S
30°S
80°W
0.05
60°W
0.15
0.25
(f)
40°W
0.35
0.45
ρcasc
Am
80°W
0.05
60°W
0.15
0.25
40°W
0.35
(g) ρAm
0.45
80°W
0.05
60°W
0.15
0.25
(h)
40°W
0.35
0.45
ρcasc
Am
Fig. 8: Fraction of precipitation that originates from the Amazon basin (defined by the red boundaries) through DMR (ρAm , a,
casc
c, e and g) and CMR (ρcasc
Am , b, d, f and h). Considered together, ρAm and ρAm show sink regions of evapotranspiration from the
La Plata basin. Results are obtained using the input MOD (upper row) and LFE (lower row) (see Table 1) and are given for the
dry season (left) and the wet season (right).
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