EXTREME WINTER MINIMUM TEMPERATURES IN CATALONIA (NORTH-EAST SPAIN): EXPECTED VALUES AND THEIR SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION

✍ Scribed by LANA, X.; BURGUEÑO, A.

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 785 KB
• Volume: 16
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0899-8418
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0088(199612)16:12<1365::aid-joc90>3.0.co;2-d

✦ Synopsis

The climatic diversity of Catalonia (north-east Spain) is studied from the point of view of extreme minimum temperatures recorded during the coldest months of the year (December, January, February and March). The data base was created from the Catalonian thermometric network by removing stations affected by significant trends. Extreme analysis is made according to the general Jenkinson formulation. Geographical distribution of the expected extremes is investigated for several return periods and orographic factors governing this distribution are discussed. Synoptic situations causing extreme minimum temperature episodes are summarized.