Temperature and Precipitation Extremes in the Brazilian Legal Amazon: A Summary of Climatological Patterns and Detected Trends
Atmosphere,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
16(2), P. 222 - 222
Published: Feb. 16, 2025
The
continuous
understanding
of
extreme
weather
events
in
the
Amazon
is
fundamental
due
to
importance
this
biome
for
regional
and
planetary
climate
system.
Climate
characterization
identification
changes
current
can
be
key
findings
adaptation
mitigation
measures.
This
study
examined
climatology
trends
20
indices
associated
with
air
temperature
precipitation
Brazilian
Legal
(BLA).
Daily
observed
data,
interpolated
at
grid
points,
were
analyzed
from
1961
2020.
Statistical
tests
employed
determine
trend’s
significance
magnitude.
results
indicate
that
prolonged
heat,
hot
days,
annual
records
have
become
increasingly
frequent
practically
all
BLA
over
last
decades.
Warm
days
nights
are
increasing
approximately
+11
days/decade.
Heat
waves
gone
10
consecutive
on
average
1960s
around
30–40
recent
years.
Indices
intensity
frequency
show
a
reduction,
especially
rainiest
portion
BLA,
western
sector.
In
east/south
region
where
dry
reach
100
days/year,
they
continue
increase
rate
+1.5
days/decade,
fact
related
delay
beginning
rainy
season.
These
aspects
deserve
attention
since
impact
local
circulation,
reducing
convergence
humidity
not
only
but
also
central-southern
Brazil.
Language: Английский
Variations in Air Pollutant Concentrations on Dry and Wet Days with Varying Precipitation Intensity
Atmosphere,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
15(8), P. 896 - 896
Published: July 26, 2024
In
this
study,
concentrations
of
three
different
air
pollutants
(PM10,
SO2,
and
NO2)
were
obtained
from
four
quality
monitoring
stations
(AQMSs)
over
an
11-year
period
2013
to
2023.
Meteorological
variables
(temperature,
dew
point
temperature,
wind
speed,
sea
level
pressure,
precipitation)
then
the
nearest
European
Centre
for
Medium-Range
Weather
Forecasts
(ECMWF)
Reanalysis
v5
(ERA5)
grid
each
station,
their
relationships
analyzed.
Homogeneity
normality
tests
conducted
pollutant
meteorological
variables,
followed
by
data
preprocessing
analyses
using
non-parametric
tests.
The
ultimate
aim
study
is
determine
effects
presence
intensity
precipitation
on
concentrations.
Analyses
based
categories
(light,
moderate,
heavy,
severe)
indicated
that
increasing
associated
with
decreasing
Specifically,
higher
intensities
a
reduction
in
levels,
reductions
ranging
15%
35%
compared
dry
conditions.
This
effect
was
particularly
pronounced
during
winter
season,
when
PM10
decreased
up
45%
wet
days
days.
finding
highlighted
importance
not
only
but
also
type
hydrometeor
pollution.
significant
decrease
observed
thought
be
due
snowfall,
which
believed
have
greater
removal
pollution
rain.
Language: Английский
Brazil’s Daily Precipitation Concentration Index (CI) Using Alternative Fitting Equation and Ensemble Data
Hydrology,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
11(12), P. 214 - 214
Published: Dec. 10, 2024
In
recent
years,
precipitation
concentration
indices
have
become
popular,
and
the
daily
index
has
been
widely
used
worldwide.
This
is
based
on
Lorenz
curve
fitting.
Recently,
some
biases
in
fitting
process
observed
research.
Therefore,
this
research’s
objective
consisted
of
testing
performance
one
alternative
equation
for
through
analysis
Brazil.
Daily
data
from
735
time
series
were
to
fit
calculate
index.
goodness
was
evaluated
determine
which
better
describes
empirical
data.
Results
show
that
mean
value
Equation
(1)
0.650
±
0.079,
while
(2)
0.624
0.070.
The
results
a
with
compared
as
indicated
by
R2,
RSS,
RMSE
values,
R2
=
0.9959
versus
0.9996
(2),
RSS
252.78
22.66,
1.5092
0.0501.
Thus,
can
be
considered
an
improve
calculation
Language: Английский
Nocturnal Extreme Rainfall over the Central Yungui Plateau under Cold and Warm Upper-Level Anomaly Backgrounds during Warm Seasons in 1980–2020
Atmosphere,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
15(9), P. 1057 - 1057
Published: Sept. 1, 2024
The
spatiotemporal
and
cloud
features
of
the
extreme
rainfall
under
warm
cold
upper-level
anomalies
over
central
Yungui
Plateau
(YGP)
were
investigated
using
hourly
rain
gauge
records,
ERA5
reanalysis
data,
TRMM,
Fengyun
satellite
aiming
to
refine
understanding
different
types
rainfall.
Extreme
an
negative
temperature
anomaly
(cold
events)
presents
stronger
convective
when
compared
with
positive
(warm
events).
maximum
intensity
duration
in
events
is
much
larger
than
that
events,
while
brightness
top
lower,
ratio
higher.
In
middle-to-upper
troposphere
dominated
by
a
anomaly,
unstable
configuration
upper
(lower)
(warm)
observed
around
YGP.
Although
positive,
anomalous
divergence
convergence
southerly
northerly
winds,
as
well
strong
moisture
center
upward
motions,
are
also
found
YGP
events.
atmospheric
instability
higher
energy
circulation
closely
associated
results
indicate
tropospheric
has
significant
influences
on
rainfall,
thus
more
attention
should
be
paid
future
analyses.
Language: Английский
Statistical analysis of thundersnow events and ERA5-based convective environments across Türkiye
Veli Yavuz,
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Elif Lal Soysal,
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Yiğitalp Kara
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Natural Hazards,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Sept. 26, 2024
Language: Английский
The extreme climate event change trend forecast in the Huaihe River Basin, China
Ke Zhou
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Journal of Water and Climate Change,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
16(1), P. 160 - 173
Published: Dec. 10, 2024
ABSTRACT
First,
this
paper
studied
the
selection
of
indices
for
extreme
climate
event
evaluation.
Then,
estimation
value
distribution
rainfall
events
in
different
recurrence
periods
was
studied.
A
reversible
jump
Markov
chain
Monte
Carlo
method
based
on
a
generalized
proposed.
For
data
series
analysis
scenarios,
equal
weight
set
average
adopted.
Finally,
three
models,
spatio-temporal
variation
characteristics
Huaihe
River
Basin
under
scenarios
(RCP
2.6,
RCP
4.5,
and
8.5)
were
forecasted.
The
spatial
daily
maximum
minimum
temperatures
shows
consistent
trend,
increasing
from
upper
reaches
to
middle
lower
River.
Extreme
revealed
that
1-day
5-day
amounts
greater
than
those
historical
Basin.
annual
precipitation
weak
trend.
It
can
be
shown
study
results
by
late
21st
century,
change
future
impact
will
increase
greatly.
Language: Английский