SLIDE 35 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50
fraction of wet days due to wet spells (%)
5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50
- currence of wet spells (%)
1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 years
- 2.0
- 1.8
- 1.6
- 1.4
- 1.2
- 1.0
- 0.8
- 0.6
- 0.4
- 0.1
0.00.10.40.60.81.01.21.41.61.82.0
0.2 0.6 1.0 1.4 2.0
1.8 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
duration of wet spells (days)
12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
a
- 0.5 -0.4 -0.3 -0.2 -0.1 0
0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5
- 0.5 -0.4 -0.3 -0.2 -0.1 0
0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5
linear trend in the fracion of wet days
b c
Changes in the duration of European wet periods
normalized occurrence anomalies
Zolina et al. 2010,
It is not the effect of changing number of wet days!!!
- 100 to -6
- 6 to -5
- 5 to -4
- 4 to -3
- 3 to -2
- 2 to 0
0 to 2 2 to 3 3 to 4 4 to 5 5 to 6 6 to 100 <
2
3
4
> 5
30 40 50 60 70
10 20 30 40 50 60
10 20 30 40 50 60 30 40 50 60 70
a
Linear trend in the WP duration: 1950-2008