ANÁLISE ESPAÇO-TEMPORAL DA PRECIPITAÇÃO NO ESTADO DO MARANHÃO NO PERÍODO DE 2003 A 2012

Abstract

Precipitation is the most important climatological variable in tropical regions specially in trasiction area between azmazon and savanna. This study was designed in order to conduct a study of climatological precipitation in Maranhão. Through three agro-meteorological bulletins will be released an analysis of precipitation. For both numerical predictions of precipitation global circulation were evaluated. On the outcome of this work can be stated that the precipitation decreased in the last decade in the state of Maranhão. Considering the data from 12 stations, 83.3% (10 stations) showed constancy in the rate of growth (ICC) negative in the last 10 years. Since the year 2011 not considered in the calculation of the ICC.

Index Terms - Precipitation, Maranhao State, Climatology.