DOI: 10.1002/joc.5501
论文题名: Climatology and trends of the Euro-Mediterranean thermal bioclimate
作者: Giannaros T.M. ; Kotroni V. ; Lagouvardos K. ; Matzarakis A.
刊名: International Journal of Climatology
ISSN: 8998418
出版年: 2018
卷: 38, 期: 8 起始页码: 3290
结束页码: 3308
语种: 英语
英文关键词: climatology
; Euro-Mediterranean
; high-resolution
; physiologically equivalent temperature
; thermal bioclimate
; trends
; WRF
Scopus关键词: Climatology
; Physiology
; Bioclimate
; Euro-Mediterranean
; High resolution
; Physiologically equivalent temperatures
; Trends
; Time series analysis
; climatology
; computer simulation
; temperature effect
; trend analysis
; warming
; weather forecasting
英文摘要: High-resolution numerical simulations were carried out for the most recent 30-year period (1987–2016), focusing on the Euro-Mediterranean region. A sophisticated thermo-physiologically significant thermal index, namely the physiologically equivalent temperature (PET), was computed for assessing the thermal bioclimate of the study area and for investigating the presence of long-term trends, focusing on bioclimatic extremes. Results indicate that the Euro-Mediterranean thermal bioclimate follows a zonal pattern, upon which topography acts to delineate regional maxima and minima. The conducted time series analysis reveals statistically significant trends that are generally more pronounced for cold extremes. In particular, it is found that the number of days with cold (hot) stress has decreased (increased), with the distribution of PET exhibiting warming of both its cold and warm tail. The south–east Mediterranean and the Balkans are found to be the most responsive to bioclimatic changes, showing coherent and statistically significant warming trends. Overall, the results of this study provide a new point of view of the Euro-Mediterranean climate, which could be of usefulness in a wide range of future applications. The detailed spatio-temporal bioclimatic data could be exploited, for instance, to support applications related to tourism and recreation, highlighting regions with favourable or less favourable thermal comfort conditions. Furthermore, the trend data could be employed for quantifying the vulnerability of certain regions to cold and heat stress, in the context of public health applications. © 2018 Royal Meteorological Society Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/116853
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作者单位: National Observatory of Athens, Institute for Environmental Research and Sustainable Development, Athens, Greece; Research Center Human Biometeorology, German Meteorological Service, Freiburg, Germany; Chair of Environmental Meteorology, Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources, Albert-Ludwigs University, Freiburg, Germany
Recommended Citation:
Giannaros T.M.,Kotroni V.,Lagouvardos K.,et al. Climatology and trends of the Euro-Mediterranean thermal bioclimate[J]. International Journal of Climatology,2018-01-01,38(8)