Determining the change point of temperature thresholds of heat and cold waves in Iran during1966-2018

Hamidianpour, Mohsen; Nazaripour, Hamid; Khazaie Fizabad, Elnaz; Farzane, Mahsa; Firoze, Sedigheh

doi:10.22111/jneh.2023.44464.1940

Determining the change point of temperature thresholds of heat and cold waves in Iran during1966-2018

Document Type : Research Article

Authors

¹ Associate Professor, Department of Physical Geography, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan, Iran

² Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Geography, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan, Iran

³ Department of Physical Geography, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan, Iran

⁴ Climatology Ph.D.

⁵ Education teacher, Farzanegan High School, District 1, Zahedan, Iran

10.22111/jneh.2023.44464.1940

Abstract

By assessing the trend of air temperature changes, it is possible to explore traces of climatic changes in the area of Iran. Climate change and temperature increase are important human-environmental issues. Based on the change point method, it is possible to identify the onset time of changes in basic variables such as minimum and maximum temperature. Therefore, the present research aims to analyze the change point of temperature thresholds of heat and cold waves in Iran. The temperature threshold means the 95th percentile for maximum temperature values and the 5th percentile for minimum values. For this purpose, the temperature data (minimum and maximum) of 43 synoptic stations in Iran, which have a long statistical period (1966-2018) and suitable distribution, were used. To identify the temperature threshold change time, three change point methods - Pettitt, SNHT, and Buishand's Range Test were used. The results showed that the temperature threshold of heat and cold waves has been increasing over the past few decades. The rising growth rate is equal to 0.019 and 0.052 degrees Celsius per year, respectively. Therefore, in the current study, it was found that the increasing trend of the temperature threshold led to an increase in the frequency of maximum temperatures, and on the other hand, it will lead to an increase in hot days and a decrease in cold nights, in addition to the higher frequency of events, it can be stated that the frequencies will move towards higher values. Based on the results of the spatial-temporal analysis of the thresholds, the increasing trend of the minimum temperature in the northwest, Zagros, and southeast regions of Iran is quite evident. And from the other results of this study, we can emphasize the time of the change point or jump of the temperature threshold of cold and heat waves around 1991. The mentioned year is in line with global studies

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Climate-change-new-findings

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