Método de estimativa de temperaturas mínimas e máximas médias mensais climatológicas do ar no Rio Grande do Sul

Abstract

Multiple linear regression model equations, to estimate the average monthly minimum (Tmin) and maximum air temperature (Tmax), were established using latitude, longitude and altitude as independent variables and 90 years (1913-2002) of minimum and maximun average monthly air temperature data from forty meteorological stations, situated in the State of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil) as dependent variables. The altitude shows a great influence in minimum and maximum air temperature. The latitude makes contribution in both, but more strongly over maximum temperatures. The longitude, is a low relevant factor and practically negligenceable about the minimum temperatures but in the maximum temperarures is more relevant. The model make very good estimations of minimum and maximum temperatures, except for some months, and to some meteorological stations in which the continental-oceanic effect are present. The smaller values of correlations coefficients of the maximum temperatures in years interval 30 A, 30 B and 30 C subseries denote that the more efficient estimations have to include long series of data.