TRENDS IN ATMOPSHERIC CLIMATE PARAMETERS MEASURED AT SRS 1964-2013

Weinbeck, S.¹ 

[1]Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States). Savannah River National Lab. (SRNL)

关键词: Climate Change;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1250760
RP-ID  :  SRNS--STI-2016-00241
PID  :  OSTI ID: 1250760

学科分类：环境科学（综合）

美国|英语

来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

Meteorological data collected at SRS since the mid-1960???s have been analyzed for trends in minimum and maximum temperature, heating and cooling degree days, precipitation and relative humidity. The trends in meteorological data collected have been relatively small compared to the interannual variability that is observed. The observed increases, while small, appear to be real (statistically significant). Overnight low temperatures (3.1?��F) have increased over twice as fast as the increases in daytime highs (1.4?��F). Similarly, there are statistically significant increases in the number of cooling degree days as well. There has been a similar decrease in the number of HDD and freezing days, consistent with the overall increase in overnight low temperatures.