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- Caretta, Martina Angela, et al.
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Water
- 2022
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Ingår i: Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability : Contribution of Working Group II to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - Contribution of Working Group II to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
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- Irannezhad, Masoud, 1983, et al.
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Analysing the variability and trends of precipitation extremes in Finland and their connection to atmospheric circulation patterns
- 2017
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Ingår i: International Journal of Climatology. - : Wiley. - 0899-8418 .- 1097-0088. ; 37, s. 1053-1066
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- © 2017 Royal Meteorological Society Ten precipitation indices recommended by the Expert Team on Climate Change Detection and Indices were used to analyse spatial distribution and temporal changes in annual amount, intensity, frequency and duration of precipitation statistics based on daily data with a focus on extremes in Finland during 1 961–2011. Also, the connections between these high resolution (10 km) precipitation indices and six influential atmospheric circulation patterns (ACPs) for climate variability in Finland were studied. On the country scale, the results suggest significant increases in the amount and intensity of precipitation extremes, more precipitation days, and no clear changes in wet and dry spells. Both intensity and frequency of precipitation extremes over Finland decrease from south and southwest to north. The only exception is the distribution of precipitations days which is generally more frequent over eastern and upper areas of northern Finland. Wet (dry) spells were typically longer in the western (eastern) part of Finland. Significant increases in annual total wet-day precipitation, very wet days precipitation and simple daily intensity index were found over most parts of Finland during 1961–2011. Increasing trends in both extremely wet days and maximum 1-day precipitation were mostly observed in western, eastern, central and northern Finland. Such spatial pattern was also identified for significant increases in the frequency of heavy and very heavy precipitation days. The precipitation days increased over small parts of western, eastern and northern Finland. Wet spells showed lengthening trends in several grids over southwestern Finland, while dry spells lengthened in some areas over the entire country except southern parts. These variations in precipitation statistics were found to be significantly correlated with the East Atlantic/West Russia, East Atlantic, Scandinavia and Polar patterns.
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- Irannezhad, Masoud, et al.
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Century-long variability and trends in daily precipitation characteristics at three Finnish stations
- 2016
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Ingår i: Advances in Climate Change Research. - : Elsevier BV. - 1674-9278. ; 7, s. 54-69
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- © 2016 National Climate Center (China Meteorological Administration) Long-term variations and trends in a wide range of statistics for daily precipitation characteristics in terms of intensity, frequency and duration in Finland were analysed using precipitation records during 1908–2008 from 3 meteorological stations in the south (Kaisaniemi), centre (Kajaani) and north (Sodankylä). Although precipitation days in northern part were more frequent than in central and southern parts, daily precipitation intensity in the south was generally higher than those in the centre and north of the country. Annual sum of very light precipitation (0 mm < daily precipitation ≤ long-term 50th percentile of daily precipitation more than 0 mm) significantly (p < 0.05) decreased over time, with the highest rate in northern Finland. These decreasing trends might be the result of significant increases in frequency of days with very light precipitation at all the stations, with the highest and lowest rates in northern and southern Finland, respectively. Ratio of annual total precipitation to number of precipitation days also declined in Finland over 1908–2008, with a decreasing north to south gradient. However, annual duration indices of daily precipitation revealed no statistically significant trends at any station. Daily precipitation characteristics showed significant relationships with various well-known atmospheric circulation patterns (ACPs). In particular, the East Atlantic/West Russia (EA/WR) pattern in summer was the most influential ACP negatively associated with different daily precipitation intensity, frequency and duration indices at all three stations studied.
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- Irannezhad, Masoud, et al.
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Influential Climate Teleconnections for Spatiotemporal Precipitation Variability in the Lancang-Mekong River Basin From 1952 to 2015
- 2020
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Ingår i: Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. - 2169-897X .- 2169-8996. ; 125:21
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- ©2020. The Authors. The Lancang-Mekong River Basin (LMRB) in Mainland Southeast Asia is home to ~70 million people, mostly living in poverty and typically working in primary freshwater-related sectors, particularly agriculture and fishery. Understanding the mechanisms of the historical variability in precipitation (as the crucial water source) plays a key role in regional sustainable development throughout the LMRB. Herein, the spatiotemporal variability in interannual and intra-annual precipitation over the LMRB was analyzed using the Global Precipitation Climatology Centre (GPCC) data for the period 1952–2015. The empirical orthogonal function (EOF) and wavelet transform coherence methods were utilized to investigate the relationships of such historical variations in annual (water year: November–October), dry season (November–May), and wet season (June–October) precipitation with 13 different climate teleconnections (eight large-scale oceanic-atmospheric circulation patterns and five summer monsoons). On the basin scale, only a significant (p<0.05) wetting trend in the dry season precipitation (DSP) was uncovered. Spatially, significant wetting (drying) trends in annual precipitation detected over the northeastern (most western) parts of the Mekong River Basin during the water years 1952–2015, largely contributed by the substantial increases (decreases) in historical wet season precipitation. The most important precipitation pattern (EOF1) was identified as a strong (relatively weak) positive center in the eastern (southwestern) Mekong River Basin accompanying by a significantly high (relatively low) positive value for the first EOF mode of the dry season precipitation (wet season precipitation). Precipitation variability in the LMRB was significantly associated with the South Asian Summer Monsoon Index, Southern Oscillation Index, and Indian Summer Monsoon Index.
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- Irannezhad, Masoud, 1983, et al.
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Long-term variability and trends in annual snowfall/total precipitation ratio in Finland and the role of atmospheric circulation patterns
- 2017
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Ingår i: Cold Regions Science and Technology. - : Elsevier BV. - 0165-232X. ; 143, s. 23-31
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This study evaluated variabilities and trends in annual snowfall to total precipitation (S/P) ratio at Sodankyla, Kajaani and Kaisaniemi weather stations in northern, central and southern Finland during 1909-2008. Annual S/ P ratio was estimated using daily precipitation and temperature records as input to a calibrated and validated temperature-index snowmelt model developed to simulate snowpack accumulation and melt processes in Finland. Factors controlling variations in annual S/P ratio and their relationships with large-scale atmospheric circulation patterns (ACPs) were also studied. The results show that there were significant declines in annual S/P ratio during 1909-2008, which were principally attributable to century-long decreasing trends in annual snowfall (S) in Finland. These reductions in annual S were predominantly controlled by both annual rainfall (R) and snowfall-day temperature (ST) in the south, annual ST in the centre, and annual R in the north. However, dividing the 100-year study period into an early (1909-1958) and late (1959-2008) periods revealed non-linear trend behaviours in annual S and consequently annual S/P ratio during 1909-2008. The Arctic Oscillation, East Atlantic, East Atlantic/West Russia and Scandinavia patterns were the most influential ACPs for annual S variability.
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- Irannezhad, Masoud, et al.
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The dangers of Arctic zombie wildfires
- 2020
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Ingår i: Science. - 0036-8075 .- 1095-9203. ; 369:6508
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Tidskriftsartikel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
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- Irannezhad, MASOUD, et al.
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THE ROLE OF ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION PATTERNS IN AGROCLIMATE VARIABILITY IN FINLAND, 1961–2011
- 2016
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Ingår i: Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0435-3676 .- 1468-0459. ; 98:4, s. 287-301
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- © 2016 Swedish Society for Anthropology and GeographyThis study evaluates interannual variations and trends in growing season daily temperature sum and daily precipitation sum in Finland during 1961–2011, and their connections to well known atmospheric circulation patterns. Changes in summer (June–August) climate partially explain changes in growing season daily temperature sum and daily precipitation sum over Finland, which naturally decreased from south to north. On a national scale, growing season warmed and became wetter during 1961–2011, as growing season daily temperature sum and daily precipitation sum significantly (p < 0.05) increased by 5.01 ± 3.17°C year–1 and 1.39 ± 0.91 mm year–1, respectively. The East Atlantic pattern was the most influential atmospheric circulation pattern for variations in growing season daily temperature sum (rho = 0.40) across Finland and the East Atlantic/West Russia pattern was most influential for growing season daily precipitation sum variability (rho = –0.54). There were significant (p < 0.05) increasing trends in growing season daily temperature sum and daily precipitation sum throughout Finland during 1961–2011. Increased growing season daily temperature sum was mainly observed in northern, central, western, eastern and coastal areas of south-western Finland. This warming was positively associated with the East Atlantic pattern in the north, centre and south, but negatively associated with the East Atlantic/West Russia pattern in eastern Finland. Increased GSP mostly occurred in southern, eastern, western, central, northern and north-western Finland. These wetting trends were positively correlated with the East Atlantic pattern in the north and negatively correlated with the Polar pattern in the south and the East Atlantic/West Russia pattern in the east, west, centre and north-east of Finland. The overall agroclimatic year-to-year variability in Finland between 1961 and 2011 was mostly linked to variations in the East Atlantic and East Atlantic/West Russia patterns.
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