## Abstract Trends are extracted from the central England temperature (CET) data available from 1723, using both annual and seasonal averages. Attention is focused on fitting non‐parametric trends and it is found that, while there is no compelling evidence of a trend increase in the CET, there have
Central England temperatures: long‐term variability and teleconnections
✍ Scribed by Benner, Timothy C.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 230 KB
- Volume
- 19
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0899-8418
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✦ Synopsis
Past long-term climate variability is important for the prediction of both future climate and human impacts on climate. Teleconnections help to reveal the interactions between the components of the climate system. This research examines the central England temperature record from 1659 to 1997, both for its own variability and for its relationship to other climatic records. Results support a possible warming trend, especially in recent years. Four independent spectral analyses show several common, prominent periods of oscillation in the record, from a few years to nearly two centuries. Wavelet analysis emphasizes the non-stationary nature of this variability. Temperatures may be related to solar irradiance and sunspot numbers over long periods. They show a connection to the North Atlantic Oscillation, especially over periods of 7-8 years. However, they show no apparent relationship to the El Nin ˜o -Southern Oscillation.
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