Temporal variability of extreme temperature indices in Utah during the past few decades

The main objective of this study was to analyze the trends in five annual extreme indices of temperature for Utah, USA. The analyses were conducted for 28 meteorological stations, during the period from 1970 to 2006, characterized by high quality data set. The analyses of extreme temperature indices have identified an increase in the maximum and minimum air temperatures in Utah. Predominantly, the minimum air temperature is increasing in the studied region. Most of Utah has shown a decrease in the diurnal temperature range, which indicates that the minimum temperature is increasing faster than the maximum temperature.

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Main Authors: Santos,Carlos Antonio Costa dos, Brito,José Ivaldo Barbosa de, Santos,Elder Guedes dos, Rao,Tantravahi Venkata Ramana, Silva,Vicente de Paulo Rodrigues da
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Meteorologia 2013
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-77862013000400002
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