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Precipitation trends in the Canary Islands
Author(s) -
GarcíaHerrera Ricardo,
Gallego David,
Hernández Emiliano,
Gimeno Luis,
Ribera Pedro,
Calvo Natalia
Publication year - 2003
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.870
Subject(s) - precipitation , climatology , percentile , environmental science , geography , physical geography , meteorology , geology , mathematics , statistics
A strong decreasing trend in the Canary Islands' precipitation is detected by studying daily rainfall time series for the second half of the 20th century. An analysis of the extreme events shows that this trend is due mainly to a decrease in the upper percentiles of the precipitation distribution. The results suggest that local factors play a fundamental role on extreme event behaviour. Copyright © 2003 Royal Meteorological Society.