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Fifty-six years of surface solar radiation and sunshine duration over São Paulo, Brazil: 1961–2016
Marcia Akemi Yamasoe
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Departamento de Ciências Atmosféricas, Instituto de
Astronomia, Geofísica e Ciências Atmosféricas, Universidade de
São Paulo, 05508-090, São Paulo, Brazil
Seção de Serviços Meteorológicos do Instituto de
Astronomia, Geofísica e Ciências Atmosféricas, Universidade de
São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Nilton Manuel Évora Rosário
Departamento de Ciências Ambientais, Universidade Federal de
São Paulo, Diadema, São Paulo, Brazil
Samantha Novaes Santos Martins Almeida
Seção de Serviços Meteorológicos do Instituto de
Astronomia, Geofísica e Ciências Atmosféricas, Universidade de
São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Martin Wild
Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zurich, Zurich,
Switzerland
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Spatio-temporal disparity to assess global dimming and brightening phenomena has been a critical topic. For instance, few studies addressed surface solar irradiation (SSR) long-term trend in South America. In this study, SSR, sunshine duration (SD) and the diurnal temperature range (DTR) are analysed for São Paulo, Brazil. We found a dimming phase, identified by SSR, SD and DTR, extending till 1983. Then, while SSR is still declining, consistent with cloud increasing, SD and DTR are increasing.
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