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Mixing ratio as indicator of climate variations at a local scale: trends in an industrial area of the Eastern Mediterranean
Author(s) -
Mavrakis Anastasios,
Salvati Luca,
Flocas Helena
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
international journal of climatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.58
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-0088
pISSN - 0899-8418
DOI - 10.1002/joc.4410
Subject(s) - climatology , mediterranean climate , environmental science , dew point , precipitation , mediterranean basin , arid , mixing ratio , proxy (statistics) , atmospheric sciences , geography , physical geography , meteorology , geology , paleontology , archaeology , machine learning , computer science
The present study investigates long‐term climate variations of mixing ratio in an industrial basin of the Eastern Mediterranean region (Thriasio Plain, Greece), considering the serious environmental and socioeconomic impacts of a projected drier future climate in the Mediterranean. For this purpose, monthly average temperature, precipitation, dew point and atmospheric pressure were used for the period between 1958 and 2011. It was found that mixing ratio can be considered as a proxy for climate aridity in the area. Although air temperature was substantially stable during the investigated period, mixing ratio showed a marked reduction on both annual and monthly basis.