Micael Amore Cecchini
Professor in Meteorology - University of São Paulo

In Review

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• Heymsfield, A. J., Cecchini, M. A., Detwiler, A., Honeyager, R., Field, P., Use of T-28 Hailstorm Penetrations to Identify Hail Growth Regions and Hail Bulk Properties with Radar, submitted to J. Atmos. Sci., 2023.​

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Book Chapters

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2022

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• Vila, D. A., Oliveira, R. A. J., Biscaro, T. S., Mattos, E. V., and Cecchini, M. A.: Chapter 18 - Cloud processes of the main precipitating systems over continental tropical regions, in: Precipitation Science, edited by: Michaelides, S., Elsevier, 561–614, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-822973-6.00019-6, 2022.

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Papers published in peer-reviewed journals

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2023

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• Vilà-Guerau de Arellano, J., Hartogensis, O., Benedict, I., de Boer, H., Bosman, P. J. M., Botía, S., Cecchini, M. A., Faassen, K. A. P., González-Armas, R., van Diepen, K., Heusinkveld, B. G., Janssens, M., Lobos-Roco, F., Luijkx, I. T., Machado, L. A. T., Mangan, M. R., Moene, A. F., Mol, W. B., van der Molen, M., … van Heerwaarden, C. C.. Advancing understanding of land–atmosphere interactions by breaking discipline and scale barriers. Ann NY Acad Sci., 00, 1– 24. https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.14956, 2023.

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2022​

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• Correia, A. L., Mendonça, M. M., Nobrega, T. F., Pugliesi, A. C., and Cecchini, M. A.: A Multi-Year Study of GOES-13 Droplet Effective Radius Retrievals for Warm Clouds over South America and Southeast Pacific, 13, https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos13010077, 2022.

• Cecchini, M. A., de Bruine, M., Vilà-Guerau de Arellano, J., and Artaxo, P.: Quantifying vertical wind shear effects in shallow cumulus clouds over Amazonia, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 22, 11867–11888, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-11867-2022, 2022.

• Cecchini, M. A., A. J. Heymsfield, R. Honeyager, P. Field, L. A. T. Machado, and M. A. F. d. S. Dias: Revisiting the Hail Radar Reflectivity–Kinetic Energy Flux Relation by Combining T-Matrix and Discrete Dipole Approximation Calculations to Size Distribution Observations. J. Atmos. Sci., 79, 1927–1940, https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0373.1, 2022.

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2021

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• Machado, L. A. T., Franco, M. A., Kremper, L. A., Ditas, F., Andreae, M. O., Artaxo, P., Cecchini, M. A., Holanda, B. A., Pöhlker, M. L., Saraiva, I., Wolff, S., Pöschl, U., and Pöhlker, C.: How weather events modify aerosol particle size distributions in the Amazon boundary layer, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 18065–18086, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-18065-2021, 2021.

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• Hernández Pardo, L., Machado, L. A. T., Morrison, H., Cecchini, M. A., Andreae, M. O., Pöhlker, C., Pöschl, U., Rosenfeld, D., Vendrasco, E. P., Voigt, C., Wendisch, M., and Pöhlker, M. L.: Observed and Simulated Variability of Droplet Spectral Dispersion in Convective Clouds Over the Amazon, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 126, e2021JD035076, https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JD035076, 2021.

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2020

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• Cecchini, M. A., Silva Dias, M. A. F., Machado, L. A. T., Morales, C. A., and Biscaro, T.: Macro‐ and microphysical characteristics of convective rain cells observed during SOS‐CHUVA. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 125, e2019JD031187, https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JD031187, 2020.

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• Mei, F., Wang, J., Comstock, J. M., Weigel, R., Krämer, M., Mahnke, C., Shilling, J. E., Schneider, J., Schulz, C., Long, C. N., Wendisch, M., Machado, L. A. T., Schmid, B., Krisna, T., Pekour, M., Hubbe, J., Giez, A., Weinzierl, B., Zoeger, M., Pöhlker, M. L., Schlager, H., Cecchini, M. A., Andreae, M. O., Martin, S. T., de Sá, S. S., Fan, J., Tomlinson, J., Springston, S., Pöschl, U., Artaxo, P., Pöhlker, C., Klimach, T., Minikin, A., Afchine, A., and Borrmann, S.: Comparison of aircraft measurements during GoAmazon2014/5 and ACRIDICON-CHUVA, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 13, 661–684, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-661-2020, 2020.

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2019

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• Yeom, J. M. , Yum, S. S., Mei, F., Schmid, B., Comstock, J., Machado, L. A. T., Cecchini, M. A.: Impact of secondary droplet activation on the contrasting cloud microphysical relationships during the wet and dry seasons in the Amazon, Atmospheric Research, 230, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2019.104648, 2019.

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• Hernández Pardo, L., Toledo Machado, L. A., Cecchini, M. A., and Sánchez Gácita, M.: Quantifying the aerosol effect on droplet size distribution at cloud top, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 7839–7857, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-7839-2019, 2019.

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2018

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• Machado, L. A. T., Calheiros, A. J. P., Biscaro, T., Giangrande, S., Silva Dias, M. A. F., Cecchini, M. A., Albrecht, R., Andreae, M. O., Araujo, W. F., Artaxo, P., Borrmann, S., Braga, R., Burleyson, C., Eichholz, C. W., Fan, J., Feng, Z., Fisch, G. F., Jensen, M. P., Martin, S. T., Pöschl, U., Pöhlker, C., Pöhlker, M. L., Ribaud, J.-F., Rosenfeld, D., Saraiva, J. M. B., Schumacher, C., Thalman, R., Walter, D., and Wendisch, M.: Overview: Precipitation characteristics and sensitivities to environmental conditions during GoAmazon2014/5 and ACRIDICON-CHUVA, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 6461–6482, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-6461-2018, 2018.

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• Andreae, M. O., Afchine, A., Albrecht, R., Holanda, B. A., Artaxo, P., Barbosa, H. M. J., Borrmann, S., Cecchini, M. A., Costa, A., Dollner, M., Fütterer, D., Järvinen, E., Jurkat, T., Klimach, T., Konemann, T., Knote, C., Krämer, M., Krisna, T., Machado, L. A. T., Mertes, S., Minikin, A., Pöhlker, C., Pöhlker, M. L., Pöschl, U., Rosenfeld, D., Sauer, D., Schlager, H., Schnaiter, M., Schneider, J., Schulz, C., Spanu, A., Sperling, V. B., Voigt, C., Walser, A., Wang, J., Weinzierl, B., Wendisch, M., and Ziereis, H.: Aerosol characteristics and particle production in the upper troposphere over the Amazon Basin, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 921–961, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-921-2018, 2018.

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2017

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• Jäkel, E., Wendisch, M., Krisna, T. C., Ewald, F., Kölling, T., Jurkat, T., Voigt, C., Cecchini, M. A., Machado, L. A. T., Afchine, A., Costa, A., Krämer, M., Andreae, M. O., Pöschl, U., Rosenfeld, D., and Yuan, T.: Vertical distribution of the particle phase in tropical deep convective clouds as derived from cloud-side reflected solar radiation measurements, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 17, 9049-9066, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-9049-2017, 2017.

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• Cecchini, M. A., Machado, L. A. T., Andreae, M. O., Martin, S. T., Albrecht, R. I., Artaxo, P., Barbosa, H. M. J., Borrmann, S., Fütterer, D., Jurkat, T., Mahnke, C., Minikin, A., Molleker, S., Pöhlker, M. L., Pöschl, U., Rosenfeld, D., Voigt, C., Weinzierl, B., and Wendisch, M.: Sensitivities of Amazonian clouds to aerosols and updraft speed, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 17, 10037-10050, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-10037-2017, 2017.

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• Cecchini, M. A., Machado, L. A. T., Wendisch, M., Costa, A., Krämer, M., Andreae, M. O., Afchine, A., Albrecht, R. I., Artaxo, P., Borrmann, S., Fütterer, D., Klimach, T., Mahnke, C., Martin, S. T., Minikin, A., Molleker, S., Pardo, L. H., Pöhlker, C., Pöhlker, M. L., Pöschl, U., Rosenfeld, D., and Weinzierl, B.: Illustration of microphysical processes in Amazonian deep convective clouds in the gamma phase space: introduction and potential applications, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 17, 14727-14746, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-14727-2017, 2017.

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2016

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• Cecchini, M. A., Machado, L. A. T., Comstock, J. M., Mei, F., Wang, J., Fan, J., Tomlinson, J. M., Schmid, B., Albrecht, R., Martin, S. T., and Artaxo, P.: Impacts of the Manaus pollution plume on the microphysical properties of Amazonian warm-phase clouds in the wet season, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 7029-7041, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-7029-2016, 2016.

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• Wendisch, M., Pöschl, U., Andreae, M. O., Machado, L. A. T., Albrecht, R., Schlager, H., Rosenfeld, D., Martin, S. T., Abdelmonem, A., Afchine, A., Araújo, A., Artaxo, P., Aufmhoff, H., Barbosa, H. M. J., Borrmann, S., Braga, R., Buchholz, B., Cecchini, M. A., Costa, A., Curtius, J., Dollner, M., Dorf, M., Dreiling, V., Ebert, V., Ehrlich, A., Ewald, F., Fisch, G., Fix, A., Frank, F., Fütterer, D., Heckl, C., Heidelberg, F., Hüneke, T., Jäkel, E., Järvinen, E., Jurkat, T., Kanter, S., Kästner, U., Kenntner, M., Kesselmeier, J., Klimach, T., Knecht, M., Kohl, R., Kölling, T., Krämer, M., Krüger, M., Krisna, T. C., Lavric, J. V., Longo, K., Mahnke, C., Manzi, A. O., Mayer, B., Mertes, S., Minikin, A., Molleker, S., Münch, S., Nillius, B., Pfeilsticker, K., Pöhlker, C., Roiger, A., Rose, D., Rosenow, D., Sauer, D., Schnaiter, M., Schneider, J., Schulz, C., de Souza, R. A. F., Spanu, A., Stock, P., Vila, D., Voigt, C., Walser, A., Walter, D., Weigel, R., Weinzierl, B., Werner, F., Yamasoe, M. A., Ziereis, H., Zinner, T., Zöger, M.: The ACRIDICON-CHUVA campaign: Studying tropical deep convective clouds and precipitation over Amazonia using the new German research aircraft HALO. Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 97, 10, 1885-1908, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-14-00255.1, 2016.

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2014

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• Cecchini, M. A., Machado, L.A.T., Artaxo, P.: Droplet size distributions as a function of rainy system type and cloud condensation nuclei concentrations. Atmospheric Research. Available online 10 March 2014, ISSN 0169-8095, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2014.02.022, 2014.