European spring and autumn temperature variability and change of extremes over the last half millennium
Year: 2005
Type: article
Abstract: We evaluate variability, trends, uncertainties, and change of extremes of reconstructed and observed European spring and autumn temperature back to 1500. Spring and autumn temperature experienced systematic century‐scale cooling compared to present conditions. The coldest springs appeared during the Maunder Minimum (ΔT = −1 K wrt 1901–2000). The amplitude of spring temperature variations at decadal and multidecadal scales doubles that of autumn and is most expressed in northeastern Europe. The decade 1995–2004 was very likely the warmest of the last half millennium. Anomalously warm springs and autumns have generally become more extreme in recent decades. However, the recent changes are statistically not significant with respect to the pre‐industrial period.
Source: Geophysical Research Letters
DOI: 10.1029/2005gl023424
Authors: E. Xoplaki, J. Luterbacher, H. Paeth, D. Dietrich, N. Steiner, M. Grosjean, H. Wanner
Institutions: University of Bern, University of Bonn
Language: English
Subfield: Global and Planetary Change
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Climate action
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2060208241