Precipitation Regime Changes at Four Croatian Meteorological Stations
The article analyses the values of daily, monthly and annual precipitation measured during the period 1948–2019 at the following four stations: (1) Split, (2) Hvar, (3) Lastovo and (4) Zagreb. The first three stations are located in a Mediterranean climate, while the station in Zagreb is located in...
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| description | The article analyses the values of daily, monthly and annual precipitation measured during the period 1948–2019 at the following four stations: (1) Split, (2) Hvar, (3) Lastovo and (4) Zagreb. The first three stations are located in a Mediterranean climate, while the station in Zagreb is located in a continental climate. The aim of the performed analyses is to detect non-stationarity (trends, jumps, and seasonality) in the precipitation regime at three-time scales (day, month, and year) over the period of the last 72 years (1948–2020). Numerous previous analyses at all four stations showed statistically significant increases in air temperature, which were particularly amplified in the late 1980s by the effect of global warming. Expressed as a percentage of the total annual precipitation at all four analysed locations, the presence of an increasing trend was calculated. The analyses carried out in this work showed that there was a redistribution of precipitation during the year, a decrease in the number of days with precipitation and an intensification of precipitation in both climatic regions. Over the past 73 years, the number of days with precipitation per year has slowly decreased. The number of days with intense precipitation, P ≥ 32.0 mm, has become more frequent. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6b53c5d97d7346f99202acd9c121ab5a2023-11-22T03:14:12ZengMDPI AGAtmosphere2073-44332021-07-0112788510.3390/atmos12070885Precipitation Regime Changes at Four Croatian Meteorological StationsOgnjen Bonacci0Ivo Andrić1Adrijana Vrsalović2Duje Bonacci3Faculty of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Geodesy, University of Split, Matice Hrvatske 15, 21000 Split, CroatiaFaculty of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Geodesy, University of Split, Matice Hrvatske 15, 21000 Split, CroatiaFaculty of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Geodesy, University of Split, Matice Hrvatske 15, 21000 Split, CroatiaFaculty of Croatian Studies, Zagreb University, Borongajska cesta 83d, 10000 Zagreb, CroatiaThe article analyses the values of daily, monthly and annual precipitation measured during the period 1948–2019 at the following four stations: (1) Split, (2) Hvar, (3) Lastovo and (4) Zagreb. The first three stations are located in a Mediterranean climate, while the station in Zagreb is located in a continental climate. The aim of the performed analyses is to detect non-stationarity (trends, jumps, and seasonality) in the precipitation regime at three-time scales (day, month, and year) over the period of the last 72 years (1948–2020). Numerous previous analyses at all four stations showed statistically significant increases in air temperature, which were particularly amplified in the late 1980s by the effect of global warming. Expressed as a percentage of the total annual precipitation at all four analysed locations, the presence of an increasing trend was calculated. The analyses carried out in this work showed that there was a redistribution of precipitation during the year, a decrease in the number of days with precipitation and an intensification of precipitation in both climatic regions. Over the past 73 years, the number of days with precipitation per year has slowly decreased. The number of days with intense precipitation, P ≥ 32.0 mm, has become more frequent.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/12/7/885precipitationglobal warmingtrend analysesMann–Kendall test |
| spellingShingle | Ognjen Bonacci Ivo Andrić Adrijana Vrsalović Duje Bonacci Precipitation Regime Changes at Four Croatian Meteorological Stations Atmosphere precipitation global warming trend analyses Mann–Kendall test |
| title | Precipitation Regime Changes at Four Croatian Meteorological Stations |
| title_full | Precipitation Regime Changes at Four Croatian Meteorological Stations |
| title_fullStr | Precipitation Regime Changes at Four Croatian Meteorological Stations |
| title_full_unstemmed | Precipitation Regime Changes at Four Croatian Meteorological Stations |
| title_short | Precipitation Regime Changes at Four Croatian Meteorological Stations |
| title_sort | precipitation regime changes at four croatian meteorological stations |
| topic | precipitation global warming trend analyses Mann–Kendall test |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/12/7/885 |
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