Physics
Scientific paper
Sep 1999
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1999georl..26.2753b&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 26, Issue 17, p. 2753-2756
Physics
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Atmospheric Composition And Structure: Pollution-Urban And Regional, Meteorology And Atmospheric Dynamics: Boundary Layer Processes, Meteorology And Atmospheric Dynamics: Climatology, Meteorology And Atmospheric Dynamics: Land/Atmosphere Interactions
Scientific paper
We compiled and analyzed a daily time series of temperatures and precipitation totals from Mount Wilson, California from 1918 to 1998. Our results show a large decline in maximum temperature, no change or an upward trend in minimum temperature, and a substantial decline in the diurnal temperature range (DTR). The interannual variations in monthly maximum temperature and DTR are significantly correlated with monthly precipitation levels, sea-surface temperatures (SSTs) off the coast of Southern California, and the Southern Oscillation Index (SOI). El Niño periods and/or months with high SST anomalies tend to be wet with lower maximum temperatures and DTR while La Niña periods and/or months of lower SSTs are hotter and drier with higher DTR values. It is noteworthy that the SOI and SSTs have significant trends toward more El Niño-like conditions with higher SSTs off Southern California.
Baliunas Sallie L.
Balling Robert C.
Cerveny Randall S.
Periconi Darlene A.
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