ISBN: 3540422390
TITLE: Detecting and Modelling Regional Climate Change
AUTHOR: Brunet India, Lpez Bonillo (Eds.)
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Preface
M. Brunet and D. Lpez v
Part I: Quality Control and Homogenisation of Climate Timeseries 1
1 Homogenisation of Climate Data, Difficult but Necessary
H. Alexandersson 3
2 A Correction Model for Homogenisation of Long Instrumental Data Series
O. Mestre and H. Caussinus 13
3 Selection of Data Sets by Quality and its Role in Climate Research
P. Petrovic 21
4 Results of Homogeneity Testing of Long Time Series of Temperature and Precipitation in Germany
G. Mller-Westermeier 31
5 The First Known Instrumental Meteorological Observations in Extremadura (Spain): Badajoz (1830)
J.M. Vaquero, M.C. Gallego and J.A. Garca 43
Part II: Observed Regional Climate Variability and Change 53
6 Instrumental Temperature Change in the Context of the Last 1000 Years
P.D.Jones 55
7 Temperature Series of the Czech Republic and its Relation to Northern Hemisphere Temperatures in the Period 1961-1999
R. Brazdil, P. tpnek and V. Kveton 69
8 The Variations and Trends of the Surface Air Temperature in the Northeastern of Spain from Middle Nineteenth Century Onwards
M. Brunet, E. Aguilar, O. Saladie, J. Sigro and D. Lpez 81
9 A Differential Response of Northeastern Spain to Asymmetric Trends in Diurnal Warming Detected on a Global Scale
M. Brunet, E. Aguilar, O. Saladie, J. Sigro and D. Lpez 95
10 Climate Variability Analysis of Temperature Series in the Medium Ebro River Basin
J. Abaurrea, J. Asin, O. Erdozain and E. Fernndez 109
11 Annual Temperature Evolution in the Southern Plateau of Spain from the Construction of Regional Climatic Time Series
E, Galn, R Caada, F. Fernndez and B. Cetvera 119
12 Temperature Variations and Trends in the Segura River Basin. An Exploratory Analysis
R. Horcas, D. Rasilla and F. Fernndez-Garca 133
13 The Temperature Component of the Common-Sense Index in Northwestern Iberian Peninsula
L. Gimeno, J.A. Ael, H. Gonzlez, P. Ribera, R. Garca and E. Hernndez 143
14 Changes in Temperature and Precipitation in the Norwegian Arctic during the 20th Century
E.J. Frland and I. Hanssen-Bauer 153
15 Regionalization of Precipitation in Castilla and Leon (Spain). Analysis of its Temporal Behaviour
J.L. Labajo and A. Piorno 163
16 The Spatial and Temporal Structure of Rainfall Trends in the Valencia Region (Eastern of Spain) over the Second Half of the 20th Century
J.C. Gonzlez, M.L. Arrillaga and J. Ravents 175
17 Trend and Variability Analysis of Rainfall Series and their Extreme Events
J. Abaurrea and A.C. Cebrian 191
18 Trends in Daily Precipitation Regimes and their Extremes at Three Observatories in the Iberian Peninsula
J.A. Lpez 203
19 Seasonal Patterns of Air Surface Temperature and Pressure Change in Different Regions of Antarctica
E. Aguilar and M. Brunet 215
20 Secular Variations of the Synoptic Circulation over the Iberian Peninsula
F. Fernandez and D. Rasilla 229
21 Atmospheric Pressure Trends between 1945 and 1994 in Castilla and Leon (Spain)
M. Pinto, J. L Labajo and A. Piorno 239
22 Temporal Change of some Statistical Characteristics of Daily Average Wind Speed in Hungary
K. Tar, L. Makra and A. Kircsi 251
23 Connection of Climate and Land Use in South-East Hungary
L. Horvth 263
Part III: Regional Climate Variability Patterns 273
24 Natural and Anthropogenic Causes of Recent Climate Change
D.C. Hill, M.R. Allen, N.P. Gillet, S.F.B. Tett, P.A. Stott, G.S. Jones, W. Ingram and J.F.B. Mitchell 275
25 The Stationarity of Lead-Lag Teleconnections with East Africa Rainfall and its Incidence on Seasonal Predictability
P. Camberlin and N. Philippon 291
26 Monte-Carlo SSA Analysis of the NAO Index
S. Gamiz-Fortis, M. Staudt, D. Pozo-Vzquez, M.J. Esteban-Parra, F.S. Rodrigo and Y. Castro-Dez 309
27 Variability of North-Atlantic-European Circulation Patterns since 1780 and Corresponding Variations in Central European Climate
C. Beck, J. Jacobeit and A. Philipp 321
28 Large-scale Mechanisms Influencing the Winter Romanian Climate Variability
A. Busuioc 333
29 North Atlantic Oscillation Projection on Romanian Climate Fluctuations in the Cold Season
R. Bojariu and D.M. Paliu 345
30 Spatial Winter Precipitation Distribution over the Iberian Peninsula and Greece and its Relation to the Large Scale 500 hPa Circulation
L. Gmez, J. Luterbacher, J. Martin-Vide, E. Xoplaki, M.J. Alcoforado, and H. Wanner 357
31 Wintertime Iberian Peninsula Precipitation Variability and its Relation to North Atlantic Atmospheric Circulation
M.Y. Luna, M.L. Martin, F. Valero and F. Gonzalez-Rouco 369
32 Relationships between Iberian Rainfall Variability and the North Atlantic Oscillation
P. Tildes 377
33 Time-Frequency Variability of Spring Precipitation Associated with Teleconnection Indices over the Iberian Peninsula
M.D. Frias and C. Rodriguez-Puebla 389
34 Relationships between Dry and Wet Periods in Spring Precipitation over the Iberian Peninsula and Atmospheric Circulation
C. Rodriguez-Puebla, M.D. Frias and A.H. Encinas 397
35 Baroclinic Activity and Interannual Variability of Winter Precipitation in the Northern Iberian Peninsula
J. Senz, J. Zubillaga and C. Rodrguez-Puebla 405
36 First Order Markov Chain Model and Rainfall Sequences in several Stations of Spain
S. Conejo, A. Morata and F. Valero 417
37 Spatial and Temporal Variability of the Surface Air Temperature over the Duero Basin (Iberian Peninsula)
M.D. Manso and L. Caramelo 429
Part IV: Modelling and Assessing Regional Climate Change and Associated Impacts 439
38 Uncertainties in Assessing the Impacts of Regional Climate Change
T.R. Carter 441
39 Local Climate Scenarios for Norway Based on MPI's ECHAM/OPYC3, a New DNMI Data Analysis, and the Common EOF Method
R. Benestad and E.J. Frland 471
40 Evaluation and Analysis of the ECHAM4/OPYC3 GSDIO-Integration Temperature- and SLP-Fields over Norway and Svalbard
I. Hansen-Bauer and E.J. Frland 483
41 Downscaling of the Global climate Change Projections: Some Approaches
R. Corobov 491
42 Modelling Climate Changes for Croatia
L.Srnec 501
43 Assessment of a Regional Climate for South America: A Dynamical Downscaling Approach
C.G. Menndez, A.C. Saulo, S.A. Solman and M.N. Nuez 515
44 Assessment of a Regional Climate Change Scenario for Central Argentina: A Statistical Downscaling Approach
S.A. Solman, M.N. Nuez and C.G. Menndez 525
45 Climate Change Effect on the Reforestation Potential of Russia
A.P. Kirilenko 537
46 Simulating Forest Responses to Transient Changes in Climate and Atmospheric CO_2: A Case Study for Saskatchewan, Central Canada
M. El Maayar, D.T. Price and R.M. Siltanen 545
47 Climate Change and Fire Weather Risk
A.C. Carvalho, A. Carvalho, A.I. Miranda, C. Borrego and A. Rocha 555
48 Modelling Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources in the Swedish Regional Climate Modelling Programme
L. Ph. Graham M. Rummukainen, M Gardelin and S. Bergstrom 567
49 Irrigation Scenario vs Climate Change Scenario
J. Jorge and E. Ferreres 581
50 The Impact of Climate Change on Transport Conditions in Finland
H. Tuomenvirta, A. Venlinen and J. Haapala 593
51 Adapting Building Construction to the Effects of Climate Change
J. Johns and M. Fedeski 605
52 Assessing the Impact of Climate Change on the Building Stock of a Region: Identifying an Appropriate Methodology
M. Fedeski and J. Johns 617
53 Land Cover Changes over North-Rhine-Westfalia (Germany) and their Impact on Regional Climate
T. Keller 635
Abbreviations 647
Index 649
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