A Preliminary Analysis of Distribution Characteristics of Maximum And Minimum Temperature and Diurnal Temperature Range Changes over China Under SRES B2 Scenario

2007 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
pp. 632-642 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yong ZHANG ◽  
Yin-Long XU ◽  
Wen-Jie DONG ◽  
Li-Juan CAO
Keyword(s):  
Minimum Temperature ◽  
Preliminary Analysis ◽  
Diurnal Temperature Range ◽  
Distribution Characteristics ◽  
Diurnal Temperature ◽  
Temperature Range

scholarly journals Trends in mean maximum temperature, mean minimum temperature and mean relative humidity for Lautoka, Fiji during 2003–2013

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 415-422 ◽  
Author(s):  
Syed Ghani ◽  
Aman Deo ◽  
Md Iqubal ◽  
Ramendra Prasad
Keyword(s):  
Relative Humidity ◽  
Minimum Temperature ◽  
Diurnal Temperature Range ◽  
Maximum Temperature ◽  
Small Island ◽  
Climate Conditions ◽  
Temperature Changes ◽  
Diurnal Temperature ◽  
Temperature Range ◽  
Recent Climate

The current work observes the trends in Lautoka’s temperature and relative humidity during the period 2003–2013, which were analyzed using the recently updated data obtained from Fiji Meteorological Services (FMS). Four elements, mean maximum temperature, mean minimum temperature along with diurnal temperature range (DTR) and mean relative humidity are investigated. From 2003–2013, the annual mean temperature has been enhanced between 0.02 and 0.080C. The heating is more in minimum temperature than in maximum temperature, resulting in a decrease of diurnal temperature range. The statistically significant increase was mostly seen during the summer months of December and January. Mean Relative Humidity has also increased from 3% to 8%. The bases of abnormal climate conditions are also studied. These bases were defined with temperature or humidity anomalies in their appropriate time sequences. These established the observed findings and exhibited that climate has been becoming gradually damper and heater throughout Lautoka during this period. While we are only at an initial phase in the probable inclinations of temperature changes, ecological reactions to recent climate change are already evidently noticeable. So it is proposed that it would be easier to identify climate alteration in a small island nation like Fiji.

scholarly journals Spatiotemporal Analysis of Diurnal Temperature Range: Effect of Urbanization, Cloud Cover, Solar Radiation, and Precipitation

Climate ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (7) ◽  
pp. 89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andri Pyrgou ◽  
Mattheos Santamouris ◽  
Iro Livada
Keyword(s):  
Solar Radiation ◽  
Diurnal Temperature Range ◽  
Cloud Cover ◽  
Longwave Radiation ◽  
Ultraviolet B ◽  
Anthropogenic Sources ◽  
Daily Minimum Temperature ◽  
Urban Station ◽  
Diurnal Temperature ◽  
Temperature Range

High daily temperatures in the Mediterranean and Europe have been documented in observation and modeling studies. Long-term temperature data, from 1988 to 2017, from a suburban station and an urban station in Nicosia, Cyprus have been analyzed, and the diurnal temperature range (DTR) trend was investigated. The seasonal Mann–Kendall test revealed a decreasing DTR trend of −0.24 °C/decade at the urban station and −0.36 °C/decade at the suburban station, which were attributed to an increase in the daily minimum temperature. Variations in precipitation, longwave radiation, ultraviolet-A (UVA), ultraviolet-B (UVB), cloud cover, water vapor, and urbanization were used to assess their possible relationship with regional DTR. The clustering of daytime and night-time data showed a strong relationship between the DTR and observed cloud cover, net longwave radiation, and precipitation. Clouds associated with smaller shortwave and net longwave radiation reduce the DTR by decreasing the surface solar radiation, while atmospheric absolute humidity denotes an increased daytime surface evaporative cooling and higher absorption of the short and longwave radiation. The intra-cluster variation could be reduced, and the inter-cluster variance increased by the addition of other meteorological parameters and anthropogenic sources that affect DTR in order to develop a quantitative basis for assessing DTR variations.

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