Precipitation trends in the Canary Islands
A strong decreasing trend in the Canary Islands' precipitation is detected by studying daily rainfall time series for the second half of the 20th century. An analysis of the extreme events shows that this trend is due mainly to a decrease in the upper percentiles of the precipitation distributi...
| Autores: | , , , , , |
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2003 |
| País: | España |
| Recursos: | Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) |
| Repositorio: | Docta Complutense |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/51083 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/51083 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | 52 North-Atlantic Oscillation United-States Rainfall Circulation Frequency Intensity Extension Events Astrofísica Astronomía (Física) Física atmosférica 2501 Ciencias de la Atmósfera |
| Resumo: | A strong decreasing trend in the Canary Islands' precipitation is detected by studying daily rainfall time series for the second half of the 20th century. An analysis of the extreme events shows that this trend is due mainly to a decrease in the upper percentiles of the precipitation distribution. The results suggest that local factors play a fundamental role on extreme event behaviour. |
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