Theoretical and Applied Climatology

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List of Papers (Total 485)

Evaluation of energy extraction of PV systems affected by environmental factors under real outdoor conditions

The global agenda to increase the renewable energy share has driven many countries and entities to harness solar energy from solar photovoltaic (PV) systems. However, the power generation of PV systems is strongly affected by climate conditions. Therefore, the main objective of this study is to analyze and predict the power generation of different PV technologies under arid...

Investigating and predicting spatiotemporal variations in vegetation cover in transitional climate zone: a case study of Gansu (China)

Vegetation ecosystems are sensitive to large-scale climate variability in climate transition zones. As a representative transitional climate zone in Northwest China, Gansu is characterized by a sharp climate and vegetation gradient. In this study, the spatiotemporal variations of vegetation over Gansu are characterized using the satellite-based normalized difference vegetation...

Land–sea thermal contrast associated with summer monsoon onset over the Chao Phraya River basin

Earlier onset of the Southeast Asian summer monsoon (SAM) was observed over the Chao Phraya River basin in Thailand using Thai Meteorological Department-derived high-resolution merged rainfall data from 1981 to 2016. SAM variability depends on numerous local and global factors, including thermal conditions over the Bay of Bengal (BoB) and Tibetan Plateau (TbT). Despite tremendous...

Feasibility of climate reanalysis data as a proxy for onsite weather measurements in outdoor thermal comfort surveys

Outdoor thermal comfort (OTC) surveys require synchronous monitoring of meteorological variables for direct comparisons against subjective thermal perception. The Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI) is a feasible index as it integrates meteorological conditions as a single value irrespective of urban morphological attributes or biological sex, age and body mass. ERA5-HEAT...

Long-term trend of surface relative humidity in Hungary

The long-term trends of relative humidity and its relationship with the long-term change of temperature are some of the unsolved problems of climate research. In this paper, the results of the analysis of long-term changes (1961–2020) in relative humidity and temperature in Hungary are presented. Homogenized station data series were used to perform the analyses. While warming was...

Multiscale variability of China’s historical flood/drought index and precipitation teleconnections with ENSO using wavelet analyses

Studies of the low-frequency variabilities of key climate variables are often handicapped by the limited length of available instrumental observations. To tackle this, the use of a set of historical flood/drought index (FDI) spanning from AD 1470 to 2000 for 120 sites in China has been made to investigate the multiscale temporal variability of annual precipitation by applying...

Southeastern Brazil inland tropicalization: Köppen system applied for detecting climate change throughout 100 years of meteorological observed data

Many regions around the world are facing climate changes, with substantial increase in air temperature over the past decades, which is mainly related to continental and global warming forced by the higher greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The objectives of this study were to use the Köppen climate classification to detect local climate change based on a historical series of 100...

The effects of the climatic change on daily maximum and minimum temperatures along 102 years (1917–2018) recorded at the Fabra Observatory, Barcelona

Time trends and their statistical significance for daily minimum, Tmin, and maximum, Tmax, temperatures recorded at the Fabra Observatory (Barcelona) along 102 years (1917–2018) permit to analyse the evolution of every one of the 365 calendar days along the recording period. Relevant changes in the daily temperature regime have been quantified not only by time trends and the Mann...

Detecting impacts of surface development near weather stations since 1895 in the San Joaquin Valley of California

Temperature readings observed at surface weather stations have been used for detecting changes in climate due to their long period of observations. The most common temperature metrics recorded are the daily maximum (TMax) and minimum (TMin) extremes. Unfortunately, influences besides background climate variations impact these measurements such as changes in (1) instruments, (2...

A quality control procedure for long-term series of daily precipitation data in a semiarid environment

The availability of quality precipitation records in the current climate situation is of great importance in the scientific-technical field but also for the public institutions that manage the meteorological networks. This work has implemented a comprehensive spatial quality control procedure in the semiarid region of Andalusia (Southern Spain), using precipitation time series...

Robust bias-correction of precipitation extremes using a novel hybrid empirical quantile-mapping method

High-resolution, daily precipitation climate products that realistically represent extremes are critical for evaluating local-scale climate impacts. A popular bias-correction method, empirical quantile mapping (EQM), can generally correct distributional discrepancies between simulated climate variables and observed data but can be highly sensitive to the choice of calibration...

Analysis of two-decade meteorological and air quality trends in Rome (Italy)

This study presents a trend analysis of a two-decade (2000–2020) series of surface meteorological and air quality data measured in Rome (Italy). Data series are collected at three sites in Rome downtown and its coastal surroundings. This paper fills the gap due to missing or incomplete recent information about the meteorological and atmospheric composition tendencies in the Rome...

Climate change perception in Romania

In the last decades, anthropogenic drivers have significantly influenced the natural climate variability of Earth’s atmosphere. Climate change has become a subject of major interest for different levels of our society, such as national governments, businesses, local administration, or citizens. While national and local policies propose mitigation and adaptation strategies for...

Diurnal variations of rainfall affected by complex topography based on high-density observation in Chongqing over southwest China

Located in the eastern edge of the Sichuan Basin (SCB) in the southwest China, Chongqing is a mountainous region with typical complex topographic features. Using the hourly rainfall observation data of high-density 1686 meteorological stations in Chongqing during warm season from 2009 to 2016, we investigated the diurnal characteristics of precipitation affected by complex...

Interannual variability of air temperature inversions in ice-free area of northern James Ross Island, Antarctica

Air temperature inversions are common features in Antarctica, especially in the interior where they are observed nearly year-round. Large temporal variability of air temperature inversion incidence is typical for the coastal areas and little is known about its occurrence in the Antarctic deglaciated areas. Here we present a 12-year-long time series of near-surface air temperature...

Long-term regional changes in inter-annual precipitation variability in the Campania Region, Southern Italy

Precipitation variability in space and time has been a focus of research over the past decades. The largest body of literature was essentially focused on long-term changes in average climates and in climate extremes. Analyses of the changes in the inter-annual climate variability (the year-to-year variability), which represent an index of climatic risk, received instead very less...

Pandemic episodes, CO2 emissions and global temperatures

This paper deals with the relationship between the CO2 emissions and the global temperatures across the various pandemic episodes that have been taken place in the last 100 years. To carry out the analysis, first we conducted unit root tests finding evidence of nonstationary I(1) behavior, which means that a shift in time causes a change in the shape of distribution. However, due...

Patterns of atmospheric circulation in Western Europe linked to heavy rainfall in Germany: preliminary analysis into the 2021 heavy rainfall episode

The July 2021 heavy rainfall episode in parts of Western Europe caused devastating floods, specifically in Germany. This study examines circulation types (CTs) linked to extreme precipitation in Germany. It was investigated if the classified CTs can highlight the anomaly in synoptic patterns that contributed to the unusual July 2021 heavy rainfall in Germany. The North Atlantic...

A new evolutionary time series model for streamflow forecasting in boreal lake-river systems

Genetic programming (GP) is an evolutionary regression method that has received considerable interest to model hydro-environmental phenomena recently. Considering the sparseness of hydro-meteorological stations on northern areas, this study investigates the benefits and downfalls of univariate streamflow modeling at high latitudes using GP and seasonal autoregressive integrated...

The deep blue day is decreasing in China

The deep blue sky is an indicator of a lower concentration of aerosols and a cloudless sky. With increasing human emissions, a trend towards days with fewer deep blue skies might indicate a decline in a good living environment for humans. This study investigates the long-term changes of the deep blue sky in China from 1980 to 2018. Due to a lack of direct measurements, we use...

Determination of rainy season onset and cessation based on a flexible driest period

A fixed climatological year is generally used to determine rainy season onset and cessation. However, due to changes in climate, the fixed climatological year might not be the right basis for the onset and cessation dates estimation. This study proposes the usage of the driest period in the year to establish a flexible climatological year to determine rainy season onset and...