DOI: 10.3354/cr01391
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-85010046950
论文题名: Impact of weather type variability on winter precipitation, temperature and annual snowpack in the Spanish Pyrenees
作者: Buisan S.T. ; López-Moreno J.I. ; Saz M.A. ; Kochendorfer J.
刊名: Climate Research
ISSN: 0936577X
出版年: 2016
卷: 69, 期: 1 起始页码: 79
结束页码: 92
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Pyrenees
; Snowpack
; Spain
; Temporal trends
; Weather types
; Winter precipitation
; Winter temperature
Scopus关键词: atmospheric circulation
; cyclone
; easterly wave
; elevation
; precipitation (climatology)
; snow accumulation
; snowpack
; temperature profile
; temporal analysis
; trend analysis
; weather
; westerly
; winter
; Pyrenees
; Spain
英文摘要: The annual frequency of the occurrence of 10 discriminated weather types were summarized using a principal component analysis that revealed 4 different prevailing winter conditions affecting the Spanish Pyrenees. Northeasterly and easterly flows lead to dry and cold winters where snow only accumulates on northern slopes and mainly in the central Pyrenees. North and northwesterly flows favor wet and cold winters and an increase of snow accumulation in the western Pyrenees and on the northern slopes at lower elevations. Cyclonic and westerly flows favor an increase in precipitation and snow accumulation in all the Pyrenees at lower elevations and cold winters. Finally, southerly flows are associated with milder conditions and high precipitation in the central sector of the Pyrenees, where snow only accumulates at high elevations. For most stations, there were no significant trends in precipitation or temperature during the current reference climatic period (1981-2010), which was in agreement with the lack of observed principal component trends during the same period. Focusing on the shorter 1985-2010 period for which snow data were available, snow depth at mid-March demonstrated significant positive trends associated with an increase in westerly, southwesterly and cyclonic weather during this period. The results demonstrate that the changes in precipitation, temperature and snow accumulation are clearly related to changes in circulation patterns, which are the main driver of temporal fluctuations in the considered climatologies. © Inter-Research 2016. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/116378
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Buisan S.T.,López-Moreno J.I.,Saz M.A.,et al. Impact of weather type variability on winter precipitation, temperature and annual snowpack in the Spanish Pyrenees[J]. Climate Research,2016-01-01,69(1)