Seasonal and Annual Trends of Temperature and Precipitation within 1951/1971-2007 in South-Eastern Styria, Austria

Kabas, Thomas; Foelsche, Ulrich; Kirchengast, Gottfried

doi:10.1127/0941-2948/2011/0233

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“…The highly significant trend in summer (June to August) observed both for T max and T min was reflected in T mean , which showed its highest significant increase at this time, together with March (mostly due to T max ). This dominant summer contribution to annual trends has been observed by other authors in Spain (del Río et al , ; Ríos et al , ; Guijarro, ) and in other parts of the Mediterranean such as Italy (Brunetti et al , ) particularly on the peninsula, and Greece (Feidas et al , ), but also in several European and non‐European regions (Rebetez and Reinhard, ; Corobov et al , ; Turner and Gyakum, ; Kabas et al , ).…”

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MOTEDAS: a new monthly temperature database for mainland Spain and the trend in temperature (1951–2010)

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Brunetti

et al. 2015

Intl Journal of Climatology

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We have developed a new monthly temperature database for mainland Spain by using the complete holding of maximum and minimum monthly mean values stored at the Spanish National Meteorological Agency (AEMet). After an exhaustive quality control exercise, the data set includes 1358 complete series, and a high-resolution grid (0.1 ∘ × 0.1 ∘ ) was calculated to analyse monthly trends. There has been an uneven increase in the mean values of maximum and minimum temperatures in the Spanish mainland from 1951 to 2010. The maximum monthly mean temperature values have risen mostly in late winter/early spring and the summer, while the minimum monthly mean temperature values have increased in summer, spring and autumn in southern areas. The spatial pattern of the diurnal temperature range shows a clear north-south gradient in summer, with positive trends in the north and negative trends in the south; furthermore, a negative pattern has been detected in the south in spring and autumn. These areas, particularly the Mediterranean coastland, have been subject to dramatic urbanization and land use changes during the past 30 years that may have affected nocturnal temperatures, in particular. Thus, warming processes in the Iberian Peninsula appear to be influenced both by global factors and more local ones, and their effects should be differentiated spatially.

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MOTEDAS: a new monthly temperature database for mainland Spain and the trend in temperature (1951–2010)

González‐Hidalgo

Peña‐Angulo

Brunetti

et al. 2015

Intl Journal of Climatology

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“…1, lower left panel; cf. also Kabas et al 2011). Compared to the recent global warming trend of near 0.2°C per decade since the 1970s (Willett et al 2016; GISTEMP Team 2017), this change is more than three times as strong; compared to near 0.5°C per decade over the European Alpine region (Gobiet et al 2014), it is still almost 50% stronger.…”

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Alpine foreland running drier? Sensitivity of a drought vulnerable catchment to changes in climate, land use, and water management

2017

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Southeastern Austria as part of the southeastern Alpine forelands experiences an increase of temperature and a tendency of decreasing precipitation. Especially in summer, the temperature strongly increased by about 0.7°C per decade since the 1970s. Drought vulnerability under climate change is therefore a key question in this region. Here, we address this question by exploring the hydrological sensitivity of the Raab catchment in Austria (area 987 km 2), a typical catchment in these Alpine forelands. Using the process-oriented Water Flow and Balance Simulation Model (WaSiM) over 1982-2011, we focus on low-flow conditions during extended summer (May-September) and analyze the catchment's runoff sensitivity to climate change, but also land use and water management change. We find that climate change drivers dominate the summertime runoff response (decrease > 40/> 70%), based on moderate and strong climate change cases in the region (temperature + 2/+ 4 K, precipitation − 15/− 30%). Land use changes towards more dry and sealed areas enhance surface runoff and thus may lead to somewhat increased flood peaks. In contrast, water withdrawal for irrigation reduces runoff during low-flow periods in the summer when the irrigation demand is high. Although the impact of these non-climatic drivers on runoff generally is lower than that of the climate change considered, their interactive effects may reinforce the catchment's tendency of running drier during summer. While more detailed

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“…On the contrary, Spinoni et al (2015b) analysed the Carpathians and found no relevant significant precipitation trend. Likewise, Kormann et al (2015) found no clear precipitation trend for the Tyrolean Alps, and both summer and winter precipitations in the southeastern part of Austria show even a decreasing tendency according to Kabas et al (2011). These results imply that in winter the precipitation trends are positive and stronger in the western part of central Europe and that they become less clear in the eastern part.…”

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Trends of precipitation characteristics in the Czech Republic over 1961–2012, their spatial patterns and links to temperature and the North Atlantic Oscillation

Beranová

Kyselý

2017

Intl Journal of Climatology

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Daily precipitation data from 162 stations in the Czech Republic over 1961–2012 are used to examine changes in seasonal precipitation indices, their spatial patterns and links to temperature and atmospheric circulation. The results show a divide between the western and eastern parts of the country as to trends in most precipitation characteristics in both winter and summer. Increases were more pronounced in the west, where Atlantic influences are stronger. In the eastern region, where continental and Mediterranean influences become more important, the trends are often inconclusive. Aggregated over the country as a whole, positive trends of mean precipitation as well as indices of precipitation intensity and extremes dominate in both winter and summer, and the mean precipitation trends are significant at a much larger percentage of stations than previously reported for 1961–2005. Spring is the only season with prevailing negative trends in mean precipitation and the number of wet days. The trends are least conclusive and close to zero in autumn. The trends differ for cold days (below the seasonal 25th percentile of daily maximum temperature) and warm days (above the seasonal 75th percentile). In contrast to overall winter trends, negative trends of mean precipitation, seasonal maxima and number of wet days prevail on cold days in winter. In summer, by far the most pronounced positive trends occur during warm days, when most precipitation comes from convective storms. Longitudinal dependency was found for most indices in winter and for mean precipitation and the number of wet days in summer. The different influence of the North Atlantic Oscillation on precipitation in the western and eastern parts of the Czech Republic together with positive (negative) trend of the North Atlantic Oscillation index in winter (summer) may contribute to the longitudinal dependency of the precipitation trends.

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Seasonal and Annual Trends of Temperature and Precipitation within 1951/1971-2007 in South-Eastern Styria, Austria

Cited by 19 publications

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MOTEDAS: a new monthly temperature database for mainland Spain and the trend in temperature (1951–2010)

MOTEDAS: a new monthly temperature database for mainland Spain and the trend in temperature (1951–2010)

Alpine foreland running drier? Sensitivity of a drought vulnerable catchment to changes in climate, land use, and water management

Trends of precipitation characteristics in the Czech Republic over 1961–2012, their spatial patterns and links to temperature and the North Atlantic Oscillation

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