Analyzing the spatial variability of precipitation extremes along longitude and latitude, northwest Iran

Precipitation extremes can have significant impacts on the environment and human activities. The simple precipitation intensity index is one of the most commonly used extreme indices, which can represent the extreme precipitation characteristics in the desired time period. The main objective of thi...

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Main Authors: Mohammad Arab Amiri, Mohammad Saadi Mesgari
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-01-01
Series:Kuwait Journal of Science
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Online Access:https://journalskuwait.org/kjs/index.php/KJS/article/view/3111
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description Precipitation extremes can have significant impacts on the environment and human activities. The simple precipitation intensity index is one of the most commonly used extreme indices, which can represent the extreme precipitation characteristics in the desired time period. The main objective of this research is to realize a spatial analysis of precipitation extremes in northwest of Iran to investigate spatial trends along longitude and latitude in decadal time scale. Geo-referenced time series from 22 synoptic stations between the years 1991 and 2010 were used. Polynomial fit functions were used for analyzing the spatial variability of extreme precipitation. Besides, the significance of each individual trend surface model order was tested against the F ratio in order to select the most proper polynomial order for each period. The analyses of extreme precipitation identified significant spatial trends to the intercardinal directions, especially to the southwest. The results of the analysis of the magnitude of changes also showed increasing trends over the whole period.
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spelling doaj-art-dbdc96a03e484ddc8a3fb94cfd30c6a62025-08-20T02:03:38ZengElsevierKuwait Journal of Science2307-41082307-41162018-01-01451Analyzing the spatial variability of precipitation extremes along longitude and latitude, northwest IranMohammad Arab Amiri0Mohammad Saadi Mesgari1Department of Geographic Information System, Faculty of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering, K.N.Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, IranDepartment of Geographic Information System, Faculty of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering and Center of Excellence in Geospatial Information Technology (CEGIT), K.N.Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran Precipitation extremes can have significant impacts on the environment and human activities. The simple precipitation intensity index is one of the most commonly used extreme indices, which can represent the extreme precipitation characteristics in the desired time period. The main objective of this research is to realize a spatial analysis of precipitation extremes in northwest of Iran to investigate spatial trends along longitude and latitude in decadal time scale. Geo-referenced time series from 22 synoptic stations between the years 1991 and 2010 were used. Polynomial fit functions were used for analyzing the spatial variability of extreme precipitation. Besides, the significance of each individual trend surface model order was tested against the F ratio in order to select the most proper polynomial order for each period. The analyses of extreme precipitation identified significant spatial trends to the intercardinal directions, especially to the southwest. The results of the analysis of the magnitude of changes also showed increasing trends over the whole period. https://journalskuwait.org/kjs/index.php/KJS/article/view/3111Geo-referenced time seriesGISSimple precipitation intensity indexWeather extremesSurface approximation
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Analyzing the spatial variability of precipitation extremes along longitude and latitude, northwest Iran
Kuwait Journal of Science
Geo-referenced time series
GIS
Simple precipitation intensity index
Weather extremes
Surface approximation
title Analyzing the spatial variability of precipitation extremes along longitude and latitude, northwest Iran
title_full Analyzing the spatial variability of precipitation extremes along longitude and latitude, northwest Iran
title_fullStr Analyzing the spatial variability of precipitation extremes along longitude and latitude, northwest Iran
title_full_unstemmed Analyzing the spatial variability of precipitation extremes along longitude and latitude, northwest Iran
title_short Analyzing the spatial variability of precipitation extremes along longitude and latitude, northwest Iran
title_sort analyzing the spatial variability of precipitation extremes along longitude and latitude northwest iran
topic Geo-referenced time series
GIS
Simple precipitation intensity index
Weather extremes
Surface approximation
url https://journalskuwait.org/kjs/index.php/KJS/article/view/3111
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