Spatiotemporal Changes in Frost Indicators in Southeastern Spain (1950–2020): Influence of the East Atlantic Index (EA)
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Title: | Spatiotemporal Changes in Frost Indicators in Southeastern Spain (1950–2020): Influence of the East Atlantic Index (EA) |
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Authors: | Espín Sánchez, David | Conesa García, Carmelo | Olcina, Jorge |
Research Group/s: | Clima y Ordenación del Territorio | Grupo de Investigación en Historia y Clima |
Center, Department or Service: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Análisis Geográfico Regional y Geografía Física |
Keywords: | Atmospheric circulation | Data quality control | Anomalies | Climate variability | Trends |
Knowledge Area: | Análisis Geográfico Regional |
Issue Date: | 20-Jun-2022 |
Publisher: | American Meteorological Society |
Citation: | Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. 2022, 61(9): 1305-1327. https://doi.org/10.1175/JAMC-D-21-0064.1 |
Abstract: | The southeastern interior of the Iberian Peninsula (Spain) is characterized by a complex orography, which determines a pronounced altitudinal gradient, significant slopes, and marked valleys with important temperature inversion processes. In this work, to analyze the yearly and seasonal evolution of minimum temperatures, six indicators related to minimum temperatures were used: the frost days (FD) and number of days with minimum temperature below −2°C (TNltm2), 10th temperature minimum percentile (TN10p), absolute minimum temperatures (TNn), average minimum temperatures (TNm), and cold-spell duration index (CSDI). For this, the Spearman nonparametric statistical test was used to analyze data from a total of 22 meteorological stations (1950–2020), using a daily resolution of minimum temperatures. Significant changes during the study period were revealed, especially between the 1960s and 1990s. In most cases, there has been a statistically significant increase in the minimum temperatures in the study area, except in the western (most mountainous) part, where the dynamics differed from the rest of the interior of the southeast of the peninsula. Nine large global teleconnection patterns were analyzed in relation to the average minimum temperatures in the study area. These are well-characterized indices for the Northern Hemisphere, which show a very high correlation of the average minimum temperatures with the temporal evolution of the global climate pattern of the east Atlantic (EA) index, especially in the Mediterranean region of the Iberian Peninsula, where it seems to have a very marked influence. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/124498 |
ISSN: | 1558-8432 (Print) | 1558-8424 (Online) |
DOI: | 10.1175/JAMC-D-21-0064.1 |
Language: | eng |
Type: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Rights: | © 2022 American Meteorological Society |
Peer Review: | si |
Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1175/JAMC-D-21-0064.1 |
Appears in Collections: | INV - HYC - Artículos de Revistas INV - CyOT - Artículos de Revistas |
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