Changes in summer pressure patterns across the late 1960s and their influence on temperature trends on the Eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula
During the second half of the 20th century, in the littoral and pre-littoral areas of the Valencia region, the diurnal temperature range (DTR) registered a significant drop in summer (July and August). Meanwhile, in the same period in the lower Ebro Valley (Ebro Observatory), to the north of the Val...
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ftubarcepubl:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/121891 2024-02-11T10:06:28+01:00 Changes in summer pressure patterns across the late 1960s and their influence on temperature trends on the Eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula Favà, Vicent Curto, Juan José Llasat Botija, María del Carmen 2018-01-26 20 p. application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/2445/121891 eng eng MDPI Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos9020042 Atmosphere, 2018, vol. 9, num. 2, p. 42 Articles publicats en revistes (Física Aplicada) https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos9020042 2073-4433 http://hdl.handle.net/2445/121891 680139 cc-by (c) Favà, Vicent et al., 2018 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Temperatura atmosfèrica Canvi climàtic País Valencià Atmospheric temperature Climatic change Valencian Community info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2018 ftubarcepubl https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos9020042 2024-01-24T01:03:52Z During the second half of the 20th century, in the littoral and pre-littoral areas of the Valencia region, the diurnal temperature range (DTR) registered a significant drop in summer (July and August). Meanwhile, in the same period in the lower Ebro Valley (Ebro Observatory), to the north of the Valencia region, the maximum temperature and DTR increased steeply. In order to explain the DTR drop in the coastal areas of the Valencia region, some studies have proposed an increase in the summer sea-surface temperature (SST) and others have attributed it to the urban heat island effect. Nevertheless, this drop occurred well before the current climate change was evident and therefore, before the rise of the SST. Furthermore, regarding the second proposed explanation, the drop in the DTR does not disappear when working with selected stations away from heavily urbanized areas. In this work, we propose that both the DTR rise at the Ebro Observatory and the DTR drop in the Valencia region are linked to the same process: changes in atmospheric circulation on a synoptic-scale in the North Atlantic that occurred in the late 1960s Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic Dipòsit Digital de la Universitat de Barcelona Atmosphere 9 2 42 |
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During the second half of the 20th century, in the littoral and pre-littoral areas of the Valencia region, the diurnal temperature range (DTR) registered a significant drop in summer (July and August). Meanwhile, in the same period in the lower Ebro Valley (Ebro Observatory), to the north of the Valencia region, the maximum temperature and DTR increased steeply. In order to explain the DTR drop in the coastal areas of the Valencia region, some studies have proposed an increase in the summer sea-surface temperature (SST) and others have attributed it to the urban heat island effect. Nevertheless, this drop occurred well before the current climate change was evident and therefore, before the rise of the SST. Furthermore, regarding the second proposed explanation, the drop in the DTR does not disappear when working with selected stations away from heavily urbanized areas. In this work, we propose that both the DTR rise at the Ebro Observatory and the DTR drop in the Valencia region are linked to the same process: changes in atmospheric circulation on a synoptic-scale in the North Atlantic that occurred in the late 1960s |
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Favà, Vicent Curto, Juan José Llasat Botija, María del Carmen |
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Favà, Vicent Curto, Juan José Llasat Botija, María del Carmen |
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Changes in summer pressure patterns across the late 1960s and their influence on temperature trends on the Eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula |
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Changes in summer pressure patterns across the late 1960s and their influence on temperature trends on the Eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula |
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Changes in summer pressure patterns across the late 1960s and their influence on temperature trends on the Eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula |
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Changes in summer pressure patterns across the late 1960s and their influence on temperature trends on the Eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula |
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Changes in summer pressure patterns across the late 1960s and their influence on temperature trends on the Eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula |
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changes in summer pressure patterns across the late 1960s and their influence on temperature trends on the eastern coast of the iberian peninsula |
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Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos9020042 Atmosphere, 2018, vol. 9, num. 2, p. 42 Articles publicats en revistes (Física Aplicada) https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos9020042 2073-4433 http://hdl.handle.net/2445/121891 680139 |
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