Greenhouse gases mitigation against climate change: United States-Mexico border study case
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| contents | Greenhouse gases mitigation against climate change: United States-Mexico border study case N. SANTILLÁN SOTO O. R. GARCÍA CUETO S. OJEDA BENÍTEZ N. VELÁZQUEZ LIMÓN M. QUINTERO NÚÑEZ M. SCHORR Biología climate change solar resource Solar radiation climatological variables greenhouse gases mitigation Solar radiation is one of the most important energy resources of our planet. The interest in its use as a renewable and clean energy to mitigate the greenhouse gases (GHG) effects has increased significantly. This paper evaluates the measurements of global solar radiation and its energy potential and presents a comparison between both of them, as an example of the effort to reduce GHG emissions. The measurements were made with pyranometers installed in the city of Mexicali, Baja California, located in northwestern Mexico, and the city of Yuma, Arizona, located in the southwestern United States. Separated by a distance of 96 km, both cities have a sustained development and are climatically similar, since they present numerous sunny days, extreme hot temperatures and little precipitation. The results presented show differences in their behavior and in the solar radiation measurement values, especially for the critical spring and summer seasons, with values 15.73% (0.042 kW/m2) higher in Mexicali with respect to Yuma. Energy power is estimated, and it is discussed with some variables as global solar radiation, rainfall, air temperature, relative humidity and climatology of clear, partly cloudy, and cloudy days. With this estimation, the solar energy used and GHG avoided is projected for Mexicali. It is assessed that 291 tons of GHG are prevented. The Mexicali values of potential energy are higher than those of Yuma; therefore, this solar and energy comparative study provides reasons to develop these technologies in Mexico, but solar technologies should be deployed also in Yuma. The measured data at the regional level demonstrate their importance, and the relevance of the proposed mitigation strategy for climate change. 2013 artículo científico 0187-6236 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=56528834005 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=565 Atmósfera application/pdf Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Atmósfera (México) Num.4 Vol.26 |
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| spellingShingle | Greenhouse gases mitigation against climate change: United States-Mexico border study case N. SANTILLÁN SOTO Biología climate change solar resource Solar radiation climatological variables greenhouse gases mitigation Greenhouse gases mitigation against climate change: United States-Mexico border study case N. SANTILLÁN SOTO O. R. GARCÍA CUETO S. OJEDA BENÍTEZ N. VELÁZQUEZ LIMÓN M. QUINTERO NÚÑEZ M. SCHORR Biología climate change solar resource Solar radiation climatological variables greenhouse gases mitigation Solar radiation is one of the most important energy resources of our planet. The interest in its use as a renewable and clean energy to mitigate the greenhouse gases (GHG) effects has increased significantly. This paper evaluates the measurements of global solar radiation and its energy potential and presents a comparison between both of them, as an example of the effort to reduce GHG emissions. The measurements were made with pyranometers installed in the city of Mexicali, Baja California, located in northwestern Mexico, and the city of Yuma, Arizona, located in the southwestern United States. Separated by a distance of 96 km, both cities have a sustained development and are climatically similar, since they present numerous sunny days, extreme hot temperatures and little precipitation. The results presented show differences in their behavior and in the solar radiation measurement values, especially for the critical spring and summer seasons, with values 15.73% (0.042 kW/m2) higher in Mexicali with respect to Yuma. Energy power is estimated, and it is discussed with some variables as global solar radiation, rainfall, air temperature, relative humidity and climatology of clear, partly cloudy, and cloudy days. With this estimation, the solar energy used and GHG avoided is projected for Mexicali. It is assessed that 291 tons of GHG are prevented. The Mexicali values of potential energy are higher than those of Yuma; therefore, this solar and energy comparative study provides reasons to develop these technologies in Mexico, but solar technologies should be deployed also in Yuma. The measured data at the regional level demonstrate their importance, and the relevance of the proposed mitigation strategy for climate change. 2013 artículo científico 0187-6236 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=56528834005 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=565 Atmósfera application/pdf Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Atmósfera (México) Num.4 Vol.26 |
| title | Greenhouse gases mitigation against climate change: United States-Mexico border study case |
| topic | Biología climate change solar resource Solar radiation climatological variables greenhouse gases mitigation |
| url | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=56528834005 |