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DOI | 10.1002/joc.6090 |
Snow cover duration and extent for Great Britain in a changing climate: Altitudinal variations and synoptic-scale influences | |
Brown, Iain | |
2019-10-01 | |
发表期刊 | INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY
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ISSN | 0899-8418 |
EISSN | 1097-0088 |
出版年 | 2019 |
卷号 | 39期号:12页码:4611-4626 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Scotland |
英文摘要 | Snow cover is an important indicator of climate change but constraints on observational data quality can limit interpretation of spatial and temporal variability, especially in mountain areas. This issue was addressed using archived data from the Snow Survey of Great Britain to infer key climate relationships which were then used to reference larger-scale patterns of change. Data analysis using nonlinear (logistic) regression showed average changes in yearly snow cover were strongly related to mean temperature rather than precipitation values. Inferred change shows long-term decline in average yearly snow cover with greatest declines in some mountain areas, notably in northern England, that can be related to their position on the most temperature-sensitive segment of the logistic curve. Further declines in snow cover were projected in the future: a central ensemble projection from HadRM3 climate model showed average yearly snow cover predominantly confined to Great Britain mountain areas by the 2050s. However, inter-annual variability means some years can deviate significantly from average snow cover patterns. Site-based analysis showed this variability has distinctive geographical variations and different influences for mountains compared to adjacent valleys. Comparison of inter-annual variability with Lamb weather-type frequency and North Atlantic Oscillation index shows the influence of large-scale airflow patterns on snow cover duration. Most notable is the role of northwesterly and northerly flows in explaining snowy years on mountains exposed to that direction, compared to influence of easterly flows at lower levels. Future changes will therefore depend on dominant annual/decadal circulation patterns in addition to long-term declines from climate warming. |
英文关键词 | climate change Great Britain Lamb weather types logistic regression mountains snow cover synoptic scale |
领域 | 气候变化 |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000489003100003 |
WOS关键词 | LAMB WEATHER TYPES ; SENSITIVITY-ANALYSIS ; TEMPERATURE ; VARIABILITY ; PRECIPITATION ; TRENDS ; RAIN ; REANALYSIS ; HYDROLOGY ; IMPACTS |
WOS类目 | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
WOS研究方向 | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/187390 |
专题 | 气候变化 |
作者单位 | Univ Dundee, Dept Geog & Environm Sci, Dundee DD1 4HN, Scotland |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Brown, Iain. Snow cover duration and extent for Great Britain in a changing climate: Altitudinal variations and synoptic-scale influences[J]. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY,2019,39(12):4611-4626. |
APA | Brown, Iain.(2019).Snow cover duration and extent for Great Britain in a changing climate: Altitudinal variations and synoptic-scale influences.INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY,39(12),4611-4626. |
MLA | Brown, Iain."Snow cover duration and extent for Great Britain in a changing climate: Altitudinal variations and synoptic-scale influences".INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY 39.12(2019):4611-4626. |
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