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METEOROLOGY AND ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS
Volume 120, Issue 3-4, Pages 201-212Publisher
SPRINGER WIEN
DOI: 10.1007/s00703-013-0245-9
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- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq) [471159/2004-2, 300162/2012-0]
- Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais (FAPEMIG) [CRA APQ 0848-5.02/07]
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Clouds are believed to reflect temporal climate changes through variations in their amounts, characteristics, and occurrence. In addition, they reflect both weather and climate in a region. In this work, a methodology to determine the local cloud cover (LCC) is proposed using sky images obtained from a ground-based instrument. Three years of sky images from an urban, tropical site were obtained and analyzed through that methodology. Monthly average LCC varied from 3 to 96 %, while seasonal average values were 68 % for summer, 54 % for spring, 46 % for fall, and 23 % for winter. LCC results show a clear seasonal dependence and a fair agreement (r (2) = 0.72) with satellite data, which typically underestimate the cloud cover in relation to LCC. Our analysis also suggests the possibility of a measurable link between LCC and natural events like the El Nio Southern Oscillation.
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