Observed Trends and Changes in Temperature Extremes over Argentina
- 1 October 2004
- journal article
- Published by American Meteorological Society in Journal of Climate
- Vol. 17 (20), 4099-4107
- https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0442(2004)017<4099:otacit>2.0.co;2
Abstract
In this note, changes in temperature extremes over a 40-yr period are analyzed, based on daily minimum and maximum temperatures over Argentina. Trend analysis was performed on seasonal means, standard deviations, and extremes (5th and 95th percentiles) over the 1959–98 period. The strongest (positive) changes over time occurred in mean summer minimum temperature, whereas the standard deviation decreased. Mean maximum temperatures mostly decrease over time in summer over northern Argentina, but they increase in Patagonia (southern Argentina). Generally, negative trends were obtained in the number of cold nights and warm days per summer, while the number of warm nights and cold days has increased at certain locations. Patagonia shows many stations with an increasing number of warm days and nights in winter and a decreasing number of cold days and nights in summer. The summer mean temperature is more sensitive to extremes than the winter one. In summer, the increase in mean temperature is more stron... Abstract In this note, changes in temperature extremes over a 40-yr period are analyzed, based on daily minimum and maximum temperatures over Argentina. Trend analysis was performed on seasonal means, standard deviations, and extremes (5th and 95th percentiles) over the 1959–98 period. The strongest (positive) changes over time occurred in mean summer minimum temperature, whereas the standard deviation decreased. Mean maximum temperatures mostly decrease over time in summer over northern Argentina, but they increase in Patagonia (southern Argentina). Generally, negative trends were obtained in the number of cold nights and warm days per summer, while the number of warm nights and cold days has increased at certain locations. Patagonia shows many stations with an increasing number of warm days and nights in winter and a decreasing number of cold days and nights in summer. The summer mean temperature is more sensitive to extremes than the winter one. In summer, the increase in mean temperature is more stron...Keywords
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