This document analyzes daily precipitation data from 1995-2015 in Sumé, Brazil, a municipality in the semi-arid Northeast region with average rainfall below 800 mm. The results show precipitation occurred on 897 days, over 11% of the total days studied. Precipitation events followed distinct seasonal patterns, with the rainy season from January to July seeing the most frequent rainfall days and the dry season from August to December seeing less frequent rainfall days. The months with the most daily rainfall records were March, April and May, accounting for around 18% of total precipitation days. Years with the most rainfall days were 2009, 2000 and 2008, while years with the fewest rainfall days were 1998 and 2012. Daily precipitation events were
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ANÁLISE DA PRECIPITAÇÃO DIÁRIA NO MUNICÍPIO DE SUMÉ – PB NO PERÍODO DE 1995-2015
This document analyzes daily precipitation data from 1995-2015 in Sumé, Brazil, a municipality in the semi-arid Northeast region with average rainfall below 800 mm. The results show precipitation occurred on 897 days, over 11% of the total days studied. Precipitation events followed distinct seasonal patterns, with the rainy season from January to July seeing the most frequent rainfall days and the dry season from August to December seeing less frequent rainfall days. The months with the most daily rainfall records were March, April and May, accounting for around 18% of total precipitation days. Years with the most rainfall days were 2009, 2000 and 2008, while years with the fewest rainfall days were 1998 and 2012. Daily precipitation events were
This document analyzes daily precipitation data from 1995-2015 in Sumé, Brazil, a municipality in the semi-arid Northeast region with average rainfall below 800 mm. The results show precipitation occurred on 897 days, over 11% of the total days studied. Precipitation events followed distinct seasonal patterns, with the rainy season from January to July seeing the most frequent rainfall days and the dry season from August to December seeing less frequent rainfall days. The months with the most daily rainfall records were March, April and May, accounting for around 18% of total precipitation days. Years with the most rainfall days were 2009, 2000 and 2008, while years with the fewest rainfall days were 1998 and 2012. Daily precipitation events were
ANALYSIS OF DAILY PRECIPITATION IN THE MUNICIPALITY
SUMÉ-PB IN 1995-2015 PERIOD
J.P.O. SENA (1), D.B. LUCENA (2), J. M. MORAES NETO (3)
(1) Engenheira de Biossistemas, Mestranda do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia Agrícola,
UFCG, Campina Grande-PB. Fone: (83) 3063-7405, jariceliasena@hotmail.com (2) Dra. em Meteorologia, Profa. Adjunta DGEOC/CCEN/UFPB/João Pessoa-PB, daisylucena@yahoo.com.br (3) Dr. em Recursos Naturais, Prof. Titular UFCG, Campina Grande-PB, moraes@deag.ufcg.edu.br
ABSTRACT: Knowledge of the variability of precipitation for a given location is of
paramount importance to various sectors of society, as stated Ramos et al. (2011) that precipitation is extremely important for the management of agricultural systems, natural resource conservation, drainage systems design in urban groups, among many other activities. In daily scale this importance is of great value, mainly because the occurrence of intense precipitation events cause huge social and economic losses to the affected regions. Given the above, the objective of this study is to analyze the daily precipitation and its annual distribution to the city of Sumé located in Cariri Paraibano (semiarid region) region this that has the lowest rainfall in the state, with an average of no more than 800 mm ( SENA et al., 2012). Therefore we used data of daily precipitation from the Executive Agency for water Management in the State of Paraiba (AESA) during the period 1995-2015. The results show that the total daily precipitation records over the period was 897 days, which corresponds to just over 11% of total days studied. Notes that the event follows a distribution throughout the year with seasons two distinct, from January to July with the highest frequency of days with rain, and in the months August to December presenting a lower frequency of days with rainfall, which corroborates respectively with the periods rainy and dry for the region (BECKER et al., 2011). The months with highest daily rainfall records were March (121 days), April (118 days) and May (122 days), representing approximately 18% of total days with precipitation, exactly the rainiest months in the region. In the inter-series it is apparent that the years showed the highest days with rain were year 2009 (64 days), followed by 2000 (63 days) and 2008 (59 days). Since the years with smaller days with rainfall was 1998 (18 days) with 234,8 to 2012 (5 days) with 27 mm throughout the year. It is concluded that the municipality of Sumé presents frequency of daily event of more intense precipitation in the rainy season (MAM) and lower in the dry season, which follows in the second half of the year. The years with the highest daily precipitation correspond exactly to the year with the higher annual precipitation and the same is observed over the years with lower frequency of rainfall, as in 2012 with a drastic reduction in annual precipitation (BRASIL, 2012). More detailed studies are valid to try to understand what helps or inhibits cloud formation and hence precipitation in the region and how to mitigate the effects caused by extreme precipitation events, especially the lack of them which is quite common in the region.
Key words: Extreme events, Daily Precipitation, Semiarid Region
ANÁLISE DA PRECIPITAÇÃO DIÁRIA NO MUNICÍPIO DE SUMÉ – PB NO PERÍODO DE 1995-2015
RESUMO: O conhecimento da variabilidade da precipitação pluviométrica para
uma determinada localidade é de fundamental importância para diversos setores da sociedade, como afirma Ramos et al. (2011) que a precipitação é extremamente importante para o manejo de sistemas agropecuários, conservação de recursos naturais, dimensionamento de sistemas de escoamento em grupos urbanos, dentre diversas outras atividades. Na escala diária essa importância se reveste de grande valia, principalmente porque a ocorrência de eventos de precipitação intensa causa grandes prejuízos sociais e econômicos às regiões atingidas. Diante do exposto, o objetivo deste trabalho é analisar a precipitação diária e sua distribuição anual para a cidade de Sumé, localizada no Cariri paraibano ( região semiárida), região esta que apresenta a menor pluviosidade do Estado, com média que não ultrapassa 800 mm (SENA et al., 2012). Para tanto, foi utilizado dados de precipitação diária provenientes da Agência executiva de Gestão das águas do Estado da Paraíba (AES A), durante o período de 1995-2015. Os resultados evidenciam que o total de registros de precipitação diária ao longo do período foi de 897 dias, o que corresponde a pouco mais de 11% do total de dias estudados. Observa -se que os eventos segue uma distribuição ao longo do ano com duas épocas bem distintas, de janeiro a julho com as maiores frequências de dias com chuvas, e nos meses de agosto a dezembro apresentando uma frequência menor de dias co m chuvas, o que corrobora, respectivamente com os períodos chuvosos e secos para a região (BECKER et al., 2011). Os meses que apresentaram maiores registros de chuva diária foram março (121 dias), abril (118 dias) e maio (122 dias), correspondendo aproximadamente 18% do total de dias com precipitação , exatamente os meses mais chuvosos para a região . Na série interanual verifica - se que os anos que apresentaram os maiores dias com chuva foram os anos de 2009 (64 dias), seguidos de 2000 (63 dias) e 2008 (59 dias). Já os anos com os menores dias com chuvas foram 1998 (18 dias) com 234,8 mm e 2012 (5 dias) com 27 mm durante todo o ano. Conclui-se que o município de Sumé apresenta frequência de eventos diários de precipitação mais intensa no período chuvoso (MAM) e menor no período seco, que segue no segundo semestre do ano. Os anos com maiores precipitações diárias correspondem exatamente aos anos com maiores precipitações anuais e o mesmo observa -se com os anos com menores frequência de chuvas, como no caso 2012 com uma redução drástica na precipitação anual (BRASIL, 2012). Estudos mais detalhados sã o validos para tentar entender o que auxilia ou inibe a formação de nuvens e consequentemente a precip itação na região e como mitigar os efeitos causados por eventos extremos de precipitação, principalmente a ausência deles que é bastante comum na região.
Palavras Chave: Eventos extremos, Precipitação diária, Região semiárida.