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The western Mediterranean climate: How will it respond to global warming?

Abstract:

The paper discusses the newly produced temperature and precipitation series from instrumental observations in the Western Mediterranean (WM) area, dating back to 1654. The two series had a continuous swing and unstable coupling passing from correlation to anti-correlation. Only after 1950 are they permanently anti-correlated with increasing temperature and decreasing precipitation. It is not clear how long this coupling will persist. The analysis of the correlation between the Northern Hemisphere (NH) and the WM temperature anomalies and their trends shows a certain variability from 1850 to 1950; later a strong coupling between NH and WM. Results suggest that the WM climate is approaching a turning point that might locally oppose the adverse effects of Global Warming. © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010.

Año de publicación:

2010

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    Fuente:

    scopusscopus

    Tipo de documento:

    Article

    Estado:

    Acceso restringido

    Áreas de conocimiento:

    • Cambio climático
    • Clima

    Áreas temáticas:

    • Geología, hidrología, meteorología

    Contribuidores:

    Barriendos M.Barriendos M.
    Cocheo C.Cocheo C.
    Garnier E.Garnier E.
    Della Valle A.Della Valle A.
    Bertolin C.Bertolin C.
    F. Dominguez-CastroF. Dominguez-Castro
    Diodato N.Diodato N.
    Camuffo D.Camuffo D.
    Alcoforado M.J.Alcoforado M.J.