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ye mu
Graduate Student Researcher, UC Santa Barbara
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Km‐Scale Simulations of Mesoscale Convective Systems Over South America—A Feature Tracker Intercomparison
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH: ATMOSPHERES
16 april 2024
Andreas F. Prein, Zhe Feng, Thomas Fiolleau, Zacha...

Mesoscale convective systems (MCSs) are clusters of thunderstorms that are important in Earth's water and energy cycle. Additionally, they are resp...

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Global Scale Forcing of the South American Low-Level Jet (SALLJ) and Associated Local Impacts on Precipitation Extremes
CLIMATE CHANGE, VARIABILITY, AND IMPACTS IN SOUTH AMERICA I POSTER
global environmental change | 14 december 2023
ye mu, Charles Jones, Leila V. Carvalho, Lulin Xue...
Increasing floods and droughts in South America underscore the urgent need to examine the driving forces behind these precipitation extremes. The Sout...
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Extreme Precipitation in Coastal South America and Moisture Sources for the South Atlantic Convergence Zone: Continental Versus Oceanic Contributions.
EXTREME PRECIPITATION IN PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE CLIMATES I ORAL
atmospheric sciences | 11 december 2023
Leila V. Carvalho, Charles Jones, ye mu, Qinghua D...
Extreme precipitation events have increased worldwide as the planet warms. Devastating episodes have affected communities in coastal Brazil in the las...
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Importance in Shifting Circulation Patterns for Dry Season Moisture Sources in the Brazilian Amazon
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
09 may 2023
ye mu, Trent W. Biggs, Charles Jones

Water is redistributed from evaporation sources to precipitation sinks through atmospheric moisture transport. In the Brazilian Amazon, the spatial...

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The South American Low-Level Jet Evolution in Two Episodes of Mesoscale Convective Systems
ADVANCING RESEARCH ON THE HYDROCLIMATE OF SOUTH AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN III POSTER
atmospheric sciences | 16 december 2022
ye mu, Charles Jones, Leila V. Carvalho
The South American low-level jet (SALLJ), located on the eastern Andes, is responsible for the significant transport of moisture and control of the sp...
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The South America Low-level jet: Form, Variability and Subseasonal Forcings
ADVANCING RESEARCH ON THE HYDROCLIMATE OF SOUTH AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN III POSTER
atmospheric sciences | 16 december 2022
Charles Jones, ye mu, Leila V. Carvalho, Qinghua D...
The South America Low-level Jet (SALLJ) is a climatological feature with a critical role in the spatiotemporal distribution of precipitation in South ...
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Forest and Oceanic Dry Season Moisture Sources in the Brazilian Amazon
THE GLOBAL WATER CYCLE: COUPLING AND EXCHANGES BETWEEN THE OCEAN, LAND, AND ATMOSPHERE II POSTER
global environmental change | 16 december 2022
ye mu, Trent W. Biggs, Charles Jones
Moisture recycling refers to the process of evaporation traveling through the atmosphere and returning as precipitation downwind. Human-induced land c...
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The South Atlantic Convergence Zone and the 2022 Extreme Precipitation Events in Petropolis, Brazil
ADVANCING RESEARCH ON THE HYDROCLIMATE OF SOUTH AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN I ORAL
atmospheric sciences | 16 december 2022
Leila V. Carvalho, ye mu, Charles Jones
On February 15, 2022, 250 mm of precipitation were recorded between 4:20pm and 7:20pm in the city of Petropolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This event, w...
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