Item: Variation of Snow and Winter Air Temperatures in the Last 60 Years at Shinjo, Japan
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Title: Variation of Snow and Winter Air Temperatures in the Last 60 Years at Shinjo, Japan
Proceedings: Proceedings of the 1994 International Snow Science Workshop, Snowbird, Utah, USA
Authors:
- Tsutomu Nakamura [ Nagaoka Institute of Snow and Ice Studies, National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention, STA Suyoshi, Nagaoka 940, Japan ]
- Osamu Abe [ Shinjo Branch of Snow and Ice Studies, National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention, STA Tokamachi, Shinjo 996, Japan ]
Date: 1994
Abstract: Smaller amounts of snow in the last 8 winters from 1986/87 to 1993/94 at Shinjo seems to be due to winter air temperature rise. Rate of temperature rise in the last century was calculated as 0.58°C/100years. The max snow depth and winter precipitation showed an inversed positive correlation with winter mean air temperatures. The max snow depth and the max winter precipitation have the max in 1936. The max snow depth and the second max precipitation which were obtained from statistically smoothed curves were found in 1940. Fluctuation in deviation of the max snow depth showed smaller values than in precipitation. The minimum of winter mean air temperature obtained from a statistically smoothed curve was found in 1940, and a rapid temperature rise was observed since around 1980. The rise in temperature might show the global warming.
Language of Article: English
Presenters: Unknown
Keywords: fatalities, snowfall, global warming
Page Number(s): 138-155
Subjects: air temperature snowfall intensity global change
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