Solar Radiation Models and Gridded Databases to Fill Gaps in Weather Series and to Project Climate Change in Brazil
Joint Authors
Bender, Fabiani Denise
Sentelhas, Paulo Cesar
Source
Issue
Vol. 2018, Issue 2018 (31 Dec. 2018), pp.1-15, 15 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2018-07-05
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
15
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The quantification of climate change impacts on several human activities depends on reliable weather data series, without gaps and long enough to build up future climate.
Based on that, this study aimed to evaluate the performance of temperature-based models for estimating global solar radiation and gridded databases (AgCFSR, AgMERRA, NASA/POWER, and XAVIER) as alternative ways for filling gaps in historical weather series (1980–2009) in Brazil and to project climate change scenarios based on measured and gridded weather data.
Projections for mid- and end-of-century periods (2040–2069 and 2070–2099), using seven global climate models from CMIP5 under intermediate (RCP4.5) and high (RCP8.5) emission scenarios, were performed.
The Bristow–Campbell model was the one that best estimated solar radiation, whereas the XAVIER gridded database was the closest to observed weather data.
Future climate projections, under RCP4.5 and RCP8.5 scenarios, as expected, showed warmer conditions for all scenarios over Brazil.
On the contrary, rainfall projections are more uncertain.
Despite that, the rainfall amounts will be reduced in the North-Northeast region and increased in Southern Brazil.
No significant differences between projections using the observed and XAVIER gridded database were observed; therefore, such a database showed to be reliable for both to fill gaps and to generate climate change scenarios.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Bender, Fabiani Denise& Sentelhas, Paulo Cesar. 2018. Solar Radiation Models and Gridded Databases to Fill Gaps in Weather Series and to Project Climate Change in Brazil. Advances in Meteorology،Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-15.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1118822
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Bender, Fabiani Denise& Sentelhas, Paulo Cesar. Solar Radiation Models and Gridded Databases to Fill Gaps in Weather Series and to Project Climate Change in Brazil. Advances in Meteorology No. 2018 (2018), pp.1-15.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1118822
American Medical Association (AMA)
Bender, Fabiani Denise& Sentelhas, Paulo Cesar. Solar Radiation Models and Gridded Databases to Fill Gaps in Weather Series and to Project Climate Change in Brazil. Advances in Meteorology. 2018. Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-15.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1118822
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1118822