Cyclic modes of the intra-annual variability of precipitation in Greece
The application of harmonic analysis to the annual variability of precipitation is the object of this study, so that the modes, which compose the annual variability, be elicited. For this purpose, monthly precipitation totals from 30 meteorological stations of the Hellenic National Meteorological Se...
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| description | The application of harmonic analysis to the annual
variability of precipitation is the object of this study, so that the modes,
which compose the annual variability, be elicited. For this purpose, monthly
precipitation totals from 30 meteorological stations of the Hellenic
National Meteorological Service (HNMS), for the period 1950–2000, were used.
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The initial target is to reduce the number of variables and to detect
structure in the relationships between the variables. The most commonly used
technique for this purpose is the application of Factor Analysis (FA)
resulted in five main factors (sub-regions) with common precipitation
characteristics, explaining 77% of the total variance. For each
sub-region, a representative station is selected for the analyses, mainly,
as the station within the sub-region with the highest factor loading. In the
process, the Fourier Analysis is applied to the mean monthly precipitation,
so that 2 harmonic components are derived, which explain more than 90% of
the total variability of each station, and are due to different synoptic and
thermodynamic processes associated with Greece's precipitation regime.
Finally the calculation of the time of the maximum precipitation, for each
harmonic component, gives the spatial distribution of the appearance of the
maximum precipitation in the Greek region. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7a6c7c7f0da24911b68e763e2027c75c2022-12-22T00:58:41ZengCopernicus PublicationsAdvances in Geosciences1680-73401680-73592010-03-0125455010.5194/adgeo-25-45-2010Cyclic modes of the intra-annual variability of precipitation in GreeceP. T. Nastos0C. S. Zerefos1Laboratory of Climatology and Atmospheric Environment, Faculty of Geology and Geoenvironment, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, GreeceLaboratory of Climatology and Atmospheric Environment, Faculty of Geology and Geoenvironment, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, GreeceThe application of harmonic analysis to the annual variability of precipitation is the object of this study, so that the modes, which compose the annual variability, be elicited. For this purpose, monthly precipitation totals from 30 meteorological stations of the Hellenic National Meteorological Service (HNMS), for the period 1950–2000, were used. <br><br> The initial target is to reduce the number of variables and to detect structure in the relationships between the variables. The most commonly used technique for this purpose is the application of Factor Analysis (FA) resulted in five main factors (sub-regions) with common precipitation characteristics, explaining 77% of the total variance. For each sub-region, a representative station is selected for the analyses, mainly, as the station within the sub-region with the highest factor loading. In the process, the Fourier Analysis is applied to the mean monthly precipitation, so that 2 harmonic components are derived, which explain more than 90% of the total variability of each station, and are due to different synoptic and thermodynamic processes associated with Greece's precipitation regime. Finally the calculation of the time of the maximum precipitation, for each harmonic component, gives the spatial distribution of the appearance of the maximum precipitation in the Greek region.http://www.adv-geosci.net/25/45/2010/adgeo-25-45-2010.pdf |
| spellingShingle | P. T. Nastos C. S. Zerefos Cyclic modes of the intra-annual variability of precipitation in Greece Advances in Geosciences |
| title | Cyclic modes of the intra-annual variability of precipitation in Greece |
| title_full | Cyclic modes of the intra-annual variability of precipitation in Greece |
| title_fullStr | Cyclic modes of the intra-annual variability of precipitation in Greece |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cyclic modes of the intra-annual variability of precipitation in Greece |
| title_short | Cyclic modes of the intra-annual variability of precipitation in Greece |
| title_sort | cyclic modes of the intra annual variability of precipitation in greece |
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