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DOI | 10.1016/j.atmosres.2020.105347 |
Climatology and trends of downward shortwave radiation over Brazil | |
Zuluaga C.F.; Avila-Diaz A.; Justino F.B.; Wilson A.B. | |
发表日期 | 2020 |
ISSN | 0169-8095 |
英文摘要 | The solar downward shortwave radiation (DSWR) is the primary source of energy to Earth and a driving forcing for sensible/latent heat and water vapor fluxes over the terrestrial ecosystems and the atmosphere. Evaluation of the DSWR spatiotemporal patterns and trends is crucial to the understanding of weather and climate variability. In this study, DSWR is investigated over Brazil between 1980 and 2016 from contemporary state-of-the-art high-resolution gridded datasets (observations, reanalyses and merged products). The results show an increase in both annual and seasonal DSWR for all regions of Brazil, with large changes over the northern, west central, and southeastern parts of the country. The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecast (ERA5) reanalysis proves to be an excellent option for investigating DSWR across Brazil, matching the observed climatology trends well. The best results are identified for the northeastern and southeastern regions during the months of March-April-May, and the poorest results for the center-west region during September-October-November. Changes in cloud cover (CC) are linked to changes in DSWR. Decadal fluctuations in CC are highly correlated with DSWR trends, with the strongest correlation (r = −0.89) in the southeast region, and weakest correlation (r = −0.37) in the north. We conclude that CC is a primary modulating factor of brightening across Brazil between 1980 and 2016. In a global context, our results agree with observations from other regions over the globe. Our results may indicate changes in the rainy seasons across Brazil, especially in the northeast. Future studies may use these results to further understand the impacts of brightening over Brazil on solar energy production and agriculture. © 2020 Elsevier B.V. |
英文关键词 | Brightening; Cloud cover; Gridded datasets; Solar radiation; Trends, Reanalysis |
语种 | 英语 |
scopus关键词 | Agricultural robots; Climatology; Earth atmosphere; Solar energy; Climate variability; Energy productions; European centre for medium-range weather forecasts; Highly-correlated; Modulating factor; Short-wave radiation; Spatiotemporal patterns; Terrestrial ecosystems; Weather forecasting |
来源期刊 | Atmospheric Research
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/145232 |
作者单位 | Department of Agricultural Engineering, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG 36570-900, Brazil; Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, United States; OSU Extension – College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, United States |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Zuluaga C.F.,Avila-Diaz A.,Justino F.B.,et al. Climatology and trends of downward shortwave radiation over Brazil[J],2020. |
APA | Zuluaga C.F.,Avila-Diaz A.,Justino F.B.,&Wilson A.B..(2020).Climatology and trends of downward shortwave radiation over Brazil.Atmospheric Research. |
MLA | Zuluaga C.F.,et al."Climatology and trends of downward shortwave radiation over Brazil".Atmospheric Research (2020). |
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