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Title | Precipitation pattern analysis in the Tiber River basin (central Italy) using standardized indices |
Abstract | This study analyses the precipitation pattern in the Tiber River basin (central Italy) to determine trends, possible change points, periodicity and relationships with global climate indices, such as the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) index. The dataset is composed of daily rainfall time series, recorded at 21 to 102 different sampling stations, from 1952 to 2007. The following quantities were analysed at both an annual and seasonal scale: cumulative precipitation, number of rainy days, mean intensity, maximum daily precipitation and number of days needed to reach a given percentage of the cumulative precipitation. To compare the time series collected from different stations along with the different quantities, a standardization procedure based on the normal inverse function computed on the best-fit cumulative probability distribution was applied. The standardized time series from each station was regionalized by kriging. Trends were analysed using the Mann-Kendall test, and possible change points were determined using an algorithm based on the singular spectrum analysis. The periodicity of the signals was evaluated by cross-wavelet analysis. The results show a decreasing trend in annual precipitation (-8%) mainly because of decreasing winter precipitation (-16%). This trend appears to be related to a decrease in the number of rainy days. A significant change point in precipitation trends was identified in the mid-1980s. Conversely, those indices related to the intensity of precipitation (mean intensity, maximum daily precipitation) do not show significant trends. The cross-wavelet analysis performed on the annual/winter precipitation and NAO time series indicates the existence of four coherent periodic signals with periods of approximately 3, 4, 8 and 15 years. Copyright ? 2012 Royal Meteorological Society |
Source | International journal of climatology 33, pp. 1781–1792 |
Keywords | rainfallperiodicitystandardized indicesclimate changetrendextreme events |
Journal | International journal of climatology |
Editor | Wiley,, New York, Regno Unito |
Year | 2013 |
Type | Articolo in rivista |
DOI | 10.1002/joc.3549 |
Authors | Romano E., Preziosi E. |
Text | 273211 2013 10.1002/joc.3549 rainfall periodicity standardized indices climate change trend extreme events Precipitation pattern analysis in the Tiber River basin central Italy using standardized indices Romano E., Preziosi E. CNR, Water Research Institute, Rome, Italy This study analyses the precipitation pattern in the Tiber River basin central Italy to determine trends, possible change points, periodicity and relationships with global climate indices, such as the North Atlantic Oscillation NAO index. The dataset is composed of daily rainfall time series, recorded at 21 to 102 different sampling stations, from 1952 to 2007. The following quantities were analysed at both an annual and seasonal scale cumulative precipitation, number of rainy days, mean intensity, maximum daily precipitation and number of days needed to reach a given percentage of the cumulative precipitation. To compare the time series collected from different stations along with the different quantities, a standardization procedure based on the normal inverse function computed on the best fit cumulative probability distribution was applied. The standardized time series from each station was regionalized by kriging. Trends were analysed using the Mann Kendall test, and possible change points were determined using an algorithm based on the singular spectrum analysis. The periodicity of the signals was evaluated by cross wavelet analysis. The results show a decreasing trend in annual precipitation 8% mainly because of decreasing winter precipitation 16% . This trend appears to be related to a decrease in the number of rainy days. A significant change point in precipitation trends was identified in the mid 1980s. Conversely, those indices related to the intensity of precipitation mean intensity, maximum daily precipitation do not show significant trends. The cross wavelet analysis performed on the annual/winter precipitation and NAO time series indicates the existence of four coherent periodic signals with periods of approximately 3, 4, 8 and 15 years. Copyright 2012 Royal Meteorological Society 33 Articolo in rivista Wiley, 0899 8418 International journal of climatology International journal of climatology Int. j. climatol. International journal of climatology Climatology Royal Meteorological Society journal of climate science elisabetta.preziosi PREZIOSI ELISABETTA emanuele.romano ROMANO EMANUELE TA.P04.005.012 Stato quali quantitativo dei corpi idrici sotterranei e interazione con i corpi idrici superficiali |