INCREASE OF CONCENTRATION OF WATER VAPOR ATMOSPHERIC IN THE GREENLAND

Authors

  • Henderson Silva Wanderley Departamento de Ciências Ambientais, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, (DCA/IF/UFRRJ), Seropédica, RJ.
  • Flávio Barbosa Justino Departamento de Engenharia Agrícola, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, (DEA/UFV), Viçosa, MG.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5902/2179460X16231

Keywords:

Tendência, Feedback positivo, mudanças climáticas

Abstract

http://dx.doi.org/10.5902/2179460X16231

Water vapor plays an important role in driving atmospheric circulations through latent heat release and in determining the earth’s radiation budget. The water vapor feedback is the most important in our climate system, with the capacity to about double the direct warming from greenhouse gas increases, one of the most important atmospheric constituents needed for studies of climate change mainly for the Arctic region. Thus, the objective this study was to analyze trend presence in the of water vapor concentration in Greenland. We use month’s information from radiosonde to period of 1980-2010 in atmospheric level of 700 and 500 hPa, in Greenland region. For this goal, the data were subjected to statistical test nonparametric Mann-Kendall to statistical significance of 5%. The results show that every month has trend to increase the water vapor in the atmosphere with statistically significant trend for the months of january, march, april and December levels analyzed.

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Published

2015-03-07

How to Cite

Wanderley, H. S., & Justino, F. B. (2015). INCREASE OF CONCENTRATION OF WATER VAPOR ATMOSPHERIC IN THE GREENLAND. Ciência E Natura, 37, 153–158. https://doi.org/10.5902/2179460X16231

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