Open AccessResearch Spotlight: Is the weekend effect anthropogenic or natural?
Author(s) -
Kumar Mohi,
Tretkoff Ernie
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/eo091i023p00212-02
Subject(s) - precipitation , environmental science , cloud cover , natural (archaeology) , atmospheric sciences , meteorology , climatology , range (aeronautics) , geography , cloud computing , geology , computer science , engineering , archaeology , aerospace engineering , operating system
It has been suggested that human activity causes a “weekend effect” in which meteorological variables show weekly cycles. For instance, researchers have observed that the difference between daily maximum and minimum temperatures (diurnal temperature range) increases during the weekends. Precipitation, wind, and cloud cover have also been shown to have weekly cycles in some locations. However, some studies have suggested that weekly changes in atmospheric conditions may have natural, not anthropogenic, causes.