Open-access Air temperatures in Central Amazonia. I - The daily record of air temperatures in a secondary forest near Manaus under cold front conditions (July 4 th, to July 13 th, 1969)(1)

A "friagem" is a cold front which moves northward from southern Brazil to the Caribbean coast of South America. A set of composite satellite pictures (2) of the American sector of the southern hemisphere as well as the recorded of daily temperatures in a secondary forest near Manaus are presented. The low temperatures and strong winds associated with this phenomenon have a profound effect on the environment of Amazonia.

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