Analysis of recent trends in mean maximum and minimum temperatures in a region of the NW of Spain (Castilla y León)

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 90, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 1-12

  del Rio S ^a   Fraile, R ^a   Herrero, L ^a   Penas, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTUMN; DIURNAL VARIATION; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SPRING (SEASON); TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

CASTILLA Y LEON; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 34547630148     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-006-0278-9     Document Type: Article

References (71)

1. E Alonso Herrero 1995 Litología y geomorfología E Gallego E Alonso Herrero A Penas Atlas del Medio Natural de la provincia de León ITGE Madrid 11-18
2. Braganza K, Karoly DJ, Arblaster JM (2004) Diurnal temperature range as an index of global climate change during the twentieth century. Geophys Res Lett 31: 13, L13217, doi: 10.1029/2004GL019998
3. M Brazdil M Budikova I Auer R Böhm T Cegnar P Fasko M Lapin M Gajic-Capka K Zaninovic E Koleva T Niedzwiedz Z Ustrnul S Szalai RO Weber 1996 Trends in maximum and minimum daily temperatures in Central and Southeastern Europe Int J Climatol 16 765-782 10.1002/ (SICI)1097-0088(199607)16:7<765::AID-JOC46>3.0.CO;2-O
4. R Brazdil M Budikova P Fasko M Lapin 1995 Fluctuation of maximum and minimum air temperatures in the Czech and the Slovak republics Atmos Res 37 53-65 10.1016/0169-8095(94)00068-O
5. Brunet M, Aguilar E, Saldié O, Sigró J, López D (2001) The Spanish diurnal warming: A different pattern to the observed on a global scale. EGSXXVI. General Assembly. Nice (France). March 2001
6. M Brunetti L Buffoni M Maugeri T Nanni 2000 Trends in minimum and maximum daily temperatures in Italy from 1865 to 1996 Theor Appl Climatol 66 49-60 10.1007/s007040070032
7. M Brunetti L Buffoni F Mangianti T Nanni 2004 Temperature, precipitation and extreme events during the last century in Italy Global Planet Change 40 141-149 10.1016/S0921-8181(03)00104-8
8. M Brunetti M Maugeri F Monti T Nanni 2006 Temperature, precipitation variability in Italy in the last two centuries from homogeneised instrumental time series Int J Climatol 26 345-381 10.1002/joc.1251
9. GJ Collatz L Bounoua S Los DA Randall IY Fung PJ Sellers 2000 A mechanism for the influence of vegetation on the response of the DTR to changing climate Geophys Res Lett 27 3381-3384 10.1029/1999GL010947
10. S del Rão A Penas R Fraile 2005 Recent limate variations in Castile and Leon (Spain) Atmos Res 73 69-85 10.1016/ j.atmosres.2004.06.005
11. M Domroes A El-Tantawi 2005 Recent temporal and spatial temperature changes in Egypt Int J Climatol 25 51-63 10.1002/joc.1114
12. G Drogue O Mestre L Hoffmann JF Iffly L Pfister 2005 Recent warming in a small region with semi-oceanic climate 1949-1998: What is the ground truth? Theor Appl Climatol 81 1-10 10.1007/s00704-004-0088-x
13. I Durre M Wallace 2001 Factors influencing the cold season diurnal temperature range in the United States J Clim 14 3263-3274 10.1175/ 1520-0442(2001)014<3263:FITCSD>2.0.CO;2
14. DR Easterling B Horton PD Jones TC Peterson TR Karl DE Parker MJ Salinger V Razuvayev N Plumer P Jamason CK Foland 1997 Maximum and minimum temperature trends for the globe Science 277 364-367 10.1126/ science.277.5324.364
15. Essenwanger OM (1986) Elements of statistical analysis. World Survey of Climatology vol. 1B: Elsevier Science Publishing Company, Inc., 424 pp
16. Esteban-Parra MJ, Pozo-Váquez D, Castro-Díez Y, Trigo RM (2004) Impacto de la NAO sobre las temperaturas míximas y mínimas de la Península Ibérica. XXVIII Jornadas de la AME. 11-13 de Febrero. Universidad de Extremadura. Badajoz
17. HA Flocas K Tolika Chr Anagnostopoulu I Patrikas P Maheras M Vafiadis 2005 Evaluation of maximum and minimum temperature of NCEP-NCAR reanalysis data over Greece Theor Appl Climatol 80 49-65 10.1007/ s00704-004-0078-z
18. Foland CK, Karl TR, Christy JR, Clarke RA, Gruza GV, Jouzel J, Mann ME, Derlemans J, Salinger MJ, Wang S-W (2001) Observed climate variability and change. In: Houghton JT, Ding Y, Griggs DJ, Noguer M, van der Linden PJ, Dai X, Maskell K, Jonhson CA (eds) Climate Change 2001: The Scientific Basis Contribution of Working group I to the Third Assessment Report of the IPCC. Cambridge: Cambrige University Press, pp 99-181
19. D Founda KH Papadopoulos M Petrakis C Giannakopoulus P Good 2004 Analysis of mean, maximum, and minimum temperature in Athens from 1897 to 2001 with emphasis on the last decade: Trends, warm events, and cold events Global Planet Change 44 27-38 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2004.06.003
20. J García Fernández 1986 El clima en Castilla y León Ámbito Valladolid 370
21. B Geerts 2003 Empirical estimation of the monthly mean daily temperature range Theor Appl Climatol 74 145-165 10.1007/s00704-002-0715-3
22. AK Gormsen A Hense TB Toldam-Andersent P Braun 2005 Large scale climate variability and its effects on mena temperature and flowering time of Prunus and Betula in Denmark Theor Appl Climatol 82 41-50 10.1007/ s00704-005-0122-7
23. K Goubanova L Li 2005 Future changes of extremes in temperature and precipitation around the Mediterranean basin Geophys Res Abs 7 03217-03218
24. HM Hasanean 2001 Fluctuations of surface air temperature in the Eastern Mediterranean Theor Appl Climatol 68 75-87 10.1007/s007040170055
25. JW Hurrell 1995 Decadal trends in the North Atlantic Oscillation: regional temperatures and precipitation Science 269 676-679 10.1126/ science.269.5224.676
26. JW Hurrell 1996 Influeence of variations in extratropical wintertime teleconnections on Northern Hemisphere temperature Geophys Res Lett 23 665-668 10.1029/96GL00459
27. IPCC 2001 Climate Change 2001: The Scientific Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Third Assessment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Cambridge University Press Cambridge 944pp
28. Jaagus J (2005) Climatic changes in Estonia during the second half on the 20th century in relationships with changes in large-scale atmospheric circulation. Theor Appl Climatol, doi: 10.1007/ s0074-005-0161-0
29. Jin M, Dickinson RE (2002) New observational evidence for global warming from satellite. Geophys Res Lett 29(10), doi: 10.1029/2001GL013833
30. PD Jones T Jonsson D Wheeler 1997 Extension to the North Atlantic Oscillation using early instrumental pressure observations from Gibraltar and south-west Iceland Int J Climatol 17 1433-1450 10.1002/ (SICI)1097-0088(19971115)17:13<1433::AID-JOC203>3.0.CO;2-P
31. HS Jung Y Choi JH Oh G-H Lim 2002 Recent trends in temperature and precipitation over South Korea Int J Climatol 22 1327-1337 10.1002/ joc.797
32. TR Karl PD Jones RW Knight G Kukla N Plumer V Razuvayev KP Gallo J Lindesay RJ Charlson TC Peterson 1993 Asymetric trends od daily maximum and minimum temperature Bull Amer Meteor Soc 74 1007-1023 10.1175/ 1520-0477(1993)074<1007:ANPORG>2.0.CO;2
33. AMG Klein Tank GP Können 2003 Trends in indices of daily temperature and precipitation extremes in Europe, 1946-1999 J Clim 16 3665-3680 10.1175/1520-0442(2003)016<3665:TIIODT>2.0.CO;2
34. E Kostopoulu PD Jones 2005 Assessment of climate extremes in th Eastern Mediterranean Clim Res 89 69-85
35. SO Krichac P Alpert 2005 Signatures of the NAO in the atmospheric circulation during wet winter months over the Mediterranean region Theor Appl Climatol 82 37-39
36. H Kutiel P Maheras 1998 Variations in temperature regime across the Mediterranean during the last century and their relationship with circulation indices Theor Appl Climatol 61 39-53 10.1007/s007040050050
37. Labajo JL, Piorno A (1998) Análisis del comportamiento temporal de la temperatura en Castilla y León: Primeros resultados. In: Fernández F (ed) Clima y ambiente urbano en ciudades ibéricas e iberoamericanas. Parteluz, pp 577-591
38. JL Labajo A Piorno 1999 Comportamiento de variables climticas en Castilla y León: Temperatura mínima media annual JM Raso Nadal J Martín-Vide La Climatología en los albores del siglo XXI Asociación Española de Climatología (AEC) Barcelona 259-266
39. DA Metaxas A Bartzokas A Vitsas 1991 Temperature fluctuations in the Mediterranean area during the last 120 years Int J Climatol 11 897-908
40. Morales G, Méndez B, Reques P, López L (1995) Asturias. Cantabria. Castilla y Leún in Guisán S (dir ed). Geografía de España vol. VII. Instituto Gallach. Barcelona, pp 1347-1550
41. M New 1999 Uncertainties in observed climate T Carter M Hulme D Winner Representing Uncertainty in climate change scenarios and impact studies Climatic Research Unit Norwich 59-66
42. M New M Hulme P Jones 2000 Representing twentieth-century space-time climate variability. Part II: Development of 1901-96 monthly grids of terrestrial surface climate J Clim 13 2217-2238 10.1175/ 1520-0442(2000)013<2217:RTCSTC>2.0.CO;2
43. Ortega Villazán Ma T (1992) El Clima del Sector Norte de la Cordillera Ibérica. Secretariado de Publicaciones. Universidad de Valladolid
44. N Plumer Z Lin S Torok 1995 Trends in diurnal temperature range over Australia since 1951 Atmos Res 37 79-86 10.1016/0169-8095(94)00070-T
45. D Pozo-Vázquez MJ Esteban-Parra FS Rodrigo Y Castro-Díez 2000 An analysis of the variability of the North Atlantic Oscillation in the time and the frequency domains Int J Climatol 20 1675-1692 10.1002/ 1097-0088(20001130)20:14<1675::AID-JOC564>3.0.CO;2-C
46. D Pozo-Vázquez MJ Esteban-Parra FS Rodrigo Y Castro-Díez 2001 A study of NAO variability and its possible non-linear influences on European surface temperature Clim Dynam 17 701-715 10.1007/ s003820000137
47. Pozo-Vázquez D, Tovar-Pescador J, Gámiz-Fortis S, Esteban-Parra MJ, Castro-Díez Y (2004) Influencia de la NAO en la variabilidad de la radiación solar en la región del Atlántico Norte. XXVIII Jornadas de la AME. 11-13 de Febrero. Universidad de Extremadura. Badajoz
48. R Przybylak 1997 Spatial and temporal changes in extreme air temperatures in the Artic over the period 1951-1990 Int J Climatol 17 615-634 10.1002/ (SICI)1097-0088(199705)17:6<615::AID-JOC136>3.0.CO;2-0
49. R Przybylak 2000 Diurnal temperature range in the Artic and its relation to Hemispheric and Arctic circulation patterns Int J Climatol 20 231-253 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0088(20000315)20:3<231::AID-JOC468>3.0.CO;2-U
50. RN Razuvaev EG Apasova RA Martuganov 1995 Variations in the diurnal temperature range in the European region of the former USSR during the cold season Atmos Res 37 45-51 10.1016/0169-8095(94)00067-N
51. Rodríguez-Puebla C, García-Casado LA, Frías MD (2002) Trend and interannual variations in air temperature over the Iberian Peninsula. 13th Symposium of global change and climate variations. 13-17 January. Orlando, Florida. American Meteorological Society, Boston, USA, pp 106-108
52. Rodríguez-Puebla C, Frías MD, Encinas AH (2004) Relaciones entre los extremos de temperatura máxima y patrones de circulación en el Atlántico Norte. XXVIII Jornadas de la AME. 11-13 de Febrero. Universidad de Extremadura. Badajoz
53. JC Rogers 1984 The association between the North Atlantic Oscillation and the Southern Oscillation in the Northern Hemisphere Mon Wea Rev 112 1999-2015 10.1175/1520-0493(1984)112<1999:TABTNA>2.0.CO;2
54. J Sáenz J Zubillaga C Rodríguez-Puebla 2001 Interannual winter temperature variability in the north of the Iberian Peninsula Clim Res 16 169-179
55. E Sánchez C Gallardo MA Gaertner A Arribas M Castro 2004 Future climate extreme events in the mediterranean simulated by a regional climate model: A first approach Global Planet Change 44 163-180 10.1016/ j.gloplacha.2004.06.010
56. M Sanz-Elorza EA Dana A González E Sobrino 2003 Changes in the high-mountain vegetation over the Central Iberian Peninsula as a probable global warming Ann Bot-London 92 273-280 10.1093/aob/mcg130
57. C Serra A Burgueño X Lana 2001 Analysis of maximum and minimum daily temperatures recorded at Fabra observatory (Barcelona, NE Spain) in the period 1917-1998 Int J Climatol 21 617-636 10.1002/joc.633
58. Sneyers R (1990) On the statistical analysis of series of observations, WMO. Technical Note (143). Geneve: World Meteorological Organization, 192 pp
59. R Sneyers 1992 On the statistical analysis for the objective determination of climate change Meteorol Zeitschrift N F 1 247-256
60. DA Stone AJ Weaver 2003 Factors contributing to DTR trends in twentieth and twenty-first century simulations of the CCCma coupled model Clim Dyn 20 435-445
61. R Suppiah KJ Hennessy 1996 Trends in the intensity and frequency of heavy rainfall in tropical Australia and links with the Southern Oscillation Aust Meteorol Mag 45 1-17
62. W Tangborn 2003 Winter warming indicated by recent temperature and precipitation anomalies Polar Geography 4 320-338
63. R Tomozieu A Busuioc S Stefan 2002 Changes in seasonal mean air temperature in Romania and their connection with large-scale circulation Int J Climatol 22 1181-1196 10.1002/joc.785
64. RM Trigo TJ Osborn JM Corte-Real 2002 The North Atlantic Oscillation influence on Europe: Climate impacts and associated physical mechanisms Clim Res 20 9-17
65. H Tuomenvirta 2000 Trends in Nordic and Arctic temperature extremes and ranges J Clim 13 977-990 10.1175/ 1520-0442(2000)013<0977:TINAAT>2.0.CO;2
66. M Turkes M Utku I Demir 2002 Re-evaluation of trends and changes in mean, maximum and minimum temperatures of Turkey for the period 1920-1999 Int J Climatol 22 947-977 10.1002/joc.777
67. M Turkes UM Sümer 2004 Spatial and temporal patterns of trends and variability in diurnal temperature ranges of Turkey Theor Appl Climatol 77 195-227 10.1007/s00704-003-0024-5
68. F Ventura P Rossi E Ardizzoni 2002 Temperature and precipitation trends in Bologna (Italy) from 1952 to 1999 Atmos Res 61 203-214 10.1016/ S0169-8095(01)00135-1
69. GT Walker EW Bliss 1932 World weather V Mem Roy Meteor Soc 4 36 53-84
70. T Yonetani GJ McCabe 1994 Abrupt changes in regional temperature in the contaminuous United States, 1895-1989 Clim Res 4 13-23
71. B Yu DT Neil 1993 Long-term variations in regional rainfall in the south-west of Western Australia and the difference between average and high intensity rainfalls Int J Climatol 13 77-88 10.1002/joc.3370130106