Climate,
Год журнала:
2022,
Номер
10(2), С. 12 - 12
Опубликована: Янв. 18, 2022
Precipitation
is
one
of
the
most
variable
climatic
parameters,
as
it
determined
by
many
physical
processes.
The
spatiotemporal
characteristics
precipitation
have
been
significantly
affected
climate
change
during
past
decades.
Analysis
trends
challenging,
especially
in
regions
such
Greece,
which
characterized
complex
topography
and
includes
several
ungauged
areas.
With
this
study,
we
aim
to
shed
new
light
on
inter-annual
over
Greece.
For
purpose,
used
ERA5
monthly
data
from
1950
2020
estimate
annual
Theil–Sen
Mann–Kendall
significance
Greece
surrounding
Additionally,
order
analyze
model
nonlinear
relationships
time
series,
generalized
additive
models
(GAMs).
results
indicated
significant
declining
areal
study
area.
Declining
were
more
pronounced
winter
western
eastern
but
spring,
summer
autumn
mostly
not
significant.
GAMs
showcased
that
generally
nonlinearity
area
presented
high
inter-decadal
variability.
Combining
results,
concluded
did
linearly
7
decades,
first
increased
1950s
late
1960s,
consequently
decreased
until
early
1990s
and,
afterwards,
an
increase
with
a
smaller
rate
than
1950–1960s.
Inland Waters,
Год журнала:
2021,
Номер
11(4), С. 538 - 555
Опубликована: Авг. 9, 2021
The
Konya
Closed
Basin
(KCB)
in
Turkey
has
a
cold
semiarid
to
warm
Mediterranean
climate
and
hosts
the
largest
Turkish
freshwater
lake,
Lake
Beyşehir,
iconic
saline
Tuz.
Using
published
as
well
our
own
ground-truth
remote
sensing
data,
we
provide
(1)
brief
description
of
paleoenvironmental
changes
KCB;
followed
by
(2)
detailed
land
use,
crop
farming,
groundwater
surface
water
levels,
climate;
(3)
associated
lake
area
salinity
waterbird
fish
communities
during
past
40
years.
KCB
is
intensively
farmed,
farming
mainly
intensive
crops
increased
substantially,
especially
since
2000.
This,
combined
with
warming,
led
substantial
rate
reduction
level
(up
1
m/yr)
lakes
wetlands,
an
increase
salinisation,
even
complete
loss
several
wetlands.
Three
globally
threatened
species
face
extinction
basin,
18
62
previous
breeding
have
already
been
lost.
38
species,
which
74%
are
endemic
61%
considered
or
near
threatened.
Modelling
projections
using
various
use
scenarios
predict
serious
additional
reductions
future
due
change,
leading
deterioration
(or
loss)
ecosystems
services
they
provide.
Climate,
Год журнала:
2022,
Номер
10(2), С. 12 - 12
Опубликована: Янв. 18, 2022
Precipitation
is
one
of
the
most
variable
climatic
parameters,
as
it
determined
by
many
physical
processes.
The
spatiotemporal
characteristics
precipitation
have
been
significantly
affected
climate
change
during
past
decades.
Analysis
trends
challenging,
especially
in
regions
such
Greece,
which
characterized
complex
topography
and
includes
several
ungauged
areas.
With
this
study,
we
aim
to
shed
new
light
on
inter-annual
over
Greece.
For
purpose,
used
ERA5
monthly
data
from
1950
2020
estimate
annual
Theil–Sen
Mann–Kendall
significance
Greece
surrounding
Additionally,
order
analyze
model
nonlinear
relationships
time
series,
generalized
additive
models
(GAMs).
results
indicated
significant
declining
areal
study
area.
Declining
were
more
pronounced
winter
western
eastern
but
spring,
summer
autumn
mostly
not
significant.
GAMs
showcased
that
generally
nonlinearity
area
presented
high
inter-decadal
variability.
Combining
results,
concluded
did
linearly
7
decades,
first
increased
1950s
late
1960s,
consequently
decreased
until
early
1990s
and,
afterwards,
an
increase
with
a
smaller
rate
than
1950–1960s.
