Long-Term Climate Trends and Extreme Events in Northern Fennoscandia (1914–2013)
We studied climate trends and the occurrence of rare and extreme temperature and precipitation events in northern Fennoscandia in 1914–2013. Weather data were derived from nine observation stations located in Finland, Norway, Sweden and Russia. The results showed that spring and autumn temperatures...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:5dbfe94b8091445ea5d832c17dfc6976 2023-05-15T16:11:34+02:00 Long-Term Climate Trends and Extreme Events in Northern Fennoscandia (1914–2013) Sonja Kivinen Sirpa Rasmus Kirsti Jylhä Mikko Laapas 2017-02-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.3390/cli5010016 https://doaj.org/article/5dbfe94b8091445ea5d832c17dfc6976 EN eng MDPI AG http://www.mdpi.com/2225-1154/5/1/16 https://doaj.org/toc/2225-1154 2225-1154 doi:10.3390/cli5010016 https://doaj.org/article/5dbfe94b8091445ea5d832c17dfc6976 Climate, Vol 5, Iss 1, p 16 (2017) climate trends climate warming cold season extreme events northern Fennoscandia Science Q article 2017 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.3390/cli5010016 2022-12-31T10:58:55Z We studied climate trends and the occurrence of rare and extreme temperature and precipitation events in northern Fennoscandia in 1914–2013. Weather data were derived from nine observation stations located in Finland, Norway, Sweden and Russia. The results showed that spring and autumn temperatures and to a lesser extent summer temperatures increased significantly in the study region, the observed changes being the greatest for daily minimum temperatures. The number of frost days declined both in spring and autumn. Rarely cold winter, spring, summer and autumn seasons had a low occurrence and rarely warm spring and autumn seasons a high occurrence during the last 20-year interval (1994–2013), compared to the other 20-year intervals. That period was also characterized by a low number of days with extremely low temperature in all seasons (4–9% of all extremely cold days) and a high number of April and October days with extremely high temperature (36–42% of all extremely warm days). A tendency of exceptionally high daily precipitation sums to grow even higher towards the end of the study period was also observed. To summarize, the results indicate a shortening of the cold season in northern Fennoscandia. Furthermore, the results suggest significant declines in extremely cold climate events in all seasons and increases in extremely warm climate events particularly in spring and autumn seasons. Article in Journal/Newspaper Fennoscandia Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Norway Climate 5 1 16 |
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We studied climate trends and the occurrence of rare and extreme temperature and precipitation events in northern Fennoscandia in 1914–2013. Weather data were derived from nine observation stations located in Finland, Norway, Sweden and Russia. The results showed that spring and autumn temperatures and to a lesser extent summer temperatures increased significantly in the study region, the observed changes being the greatest for daily minimum temperatures. The number of frost days declined both in spring and autumn. Rarely cold winter, spring, summer and autumn seasons had a low occurrence and rarely warm spring and autumn seasons a high occurrence during the last 20-year interval (1994–2013), compared to the other 20-year intervals. That period was also characterized by a low number of days with extremely low temperature in all seasons (4–9% of all extremely cold days) and a high number of April and October days with extremely high temperature (36–42% of all extremely warm days). A tendency of exceptionally high daily precipitation sums to grow even higher towards the end of the study period was also observed. To summarize, the results indicate a shortening of the cold season in northern Fennoscandia. Furthermore, the results suggest significant declines in extremely cold climate events in all seasons and increases in extremely warm climate events particularly in spring and autumn seasons. |
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Long-Term Climate Trends and Extreme Events in Northern Fennoscandia (1914–2013) |
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Long-Term Climate Trends and Extreme Events in Northern Fennoscandia (1914–2013) |
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Long-Term Climate Trends and Extreme Events in Northern Fennoscandia (1914–2013) |
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