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1990–2016 surface solar radiation variability and trend over the Piedmont region (northwest Italy)

1990–2016 surface solar radiation variability and trend over the Piedmont region (northwest Italy) A new surface solar radiation database of 74 daily series is set up for the Piedmont region (northwest Italy) for the 1990–2016 period. All the series are subjected to a detailed quality control, homogenization and gap-filling procedure and are transformed into relative annual/seasonal anomaly series. Finally, a gridded version (0.5°×0.5°) of the database is generated. The resulting series show an increasing tendency of about + 2.5% per decade at annual scale, with strongest trend in autumn (+ 4% per decade). The only exception is winter, showing a negative but not significant trend. Considering the plain and mountain mean series, the trends are more intense for low than for high elevations with a negative vertical gradient of about − 0.03% per decade per 100 m at annual scale and values up to − 0.07% per decade per 100 m in spring. Focusing on clear days only (selected by CM SAF ClOud fractional cover dataset from METeosat first and second generation—Edition 1 satellite data over the 1991–2015 period), trend significance strongly increases and both low and high elevation records exhibit a positive trend in all seasons. However, the trends result slightly lower than for all-sky days (with the only exception of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Theoretical and Applied Climatology Springer Journals

1990–2016 surface solar radiation variability and trend over the Piedmont region (northwest Italy)

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Springer Journals
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Copyright © 2018 by Springer-Verlag GmbH Austria, part of Springer Nature
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Earth Sciences; Atmospheric Sciences; Climatology; Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution
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0177-798X
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1434-4483
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10.1007/s00704-018-2521-6
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Abstract

A new surface solar radiation database of 74 daily series is set up for the Piedmont region (northwest Italy) for the 1990–2016 period. All the series are subjected to a detailed quality control, homogenization and gap-filling procedure and are transformed into relative annual/seasonal anomaly series. Finally, a gridded version (0.5°×0.5°) of the database is generated. The resulting series show an increasing tendency of about + 2.5% per decade at annual scale, with strongest trend in autumn (+ 4% per decade). The only exception is winter, showing a negative but not significant trend. Considering the plain and mountain mean series, the trends are more intense for low than for high elevations with a negative vertical gradient of about − 0.03% per decade per 100 m at annual scale and values up to − 0.07% per decade per 100 m in spring. Focusing on clear days only (selected by CM SAF ClOud fractional cover dataset from METeosat first and second generation—Edition 1 satellite data over the 1991–2015 period), trend significance strongly increases and both low and high elevation records exhibit a positive trend in all seasons. However, the trends result slightly lower than for all-sky days (with the only exception of

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Theoretical and Applied Climatology – Springer Journals

Published: May 31, 2018

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