A high-resolution 19611990 monthly temperature climatology for the greater Alpine region

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Title: A high-resolution 19611990 monthly temperature climatology for the greater Alpine region
Authors: Johann Hiebl, Ingeborg Auer, Reinhard Böhm, Wolfgang Schöner, Maurizio Maugeri, Gianluca Lentini, Jonathan Spinoni, Michele Brunetti, Teresa Nanni, Melita Tadić, Zita Perčec Bihari, Mojca Dolinar, Gerhard Müller-Westermeier
Source: Meteorologische Zeitschrift, Vol 18, Iss 5, Pp 507-530 (2009)
Publisher Information: Borntraeger, 2009.
Publication Year: 2009
Collection: LCC:Meteorology. Climatology
Subject Terms: Meteorology. Climatology, QC851-999
More Details: The main object of the presented study was the creation of a high-resolution monthly temperature climatology for the greater Alpine region (GAR). This climatology, which is determined from observational averages for the period 1961-1990, necessitated a multinational, high-quality temperature dataset, in which especially inhomogeneities due to different methods of means estimation had to be regarded. Based on multilinear regression techniques and regionalisation, significant model improvements could be reached by adjusting for mesoscale effects in cold air pools, coastal and lakeshore belts, urban areas and slopes. The final 1x1 km grids allowing temperature description of the orographically complex Alpine terrain with an accuracy of 1 °C have been made available for further applications at the web pages of the Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 0941-2948
Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/0941-2948
DOI: 10.1127/0941-2948/2009/0403
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/87a1c02126e74c02a0b8e4123e117fbf
Accession Number: edsdoj.87a1c02126e74c02a0b8e4123e117fbf
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:09412948
DOI:10.1127/0941-2948/2009/0403
Published in:Meteorologische Zeitschrift
Language:English