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Slonosky, V.C. (2002). Wet winters, dry summers? Three centuries of precipitation data from Paris. Geophysical Research Letters 29: doi: 10.1029/2001GL014302. issn: 0094-8276. |
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Precipitation measurements taken at the Paris Observatory from the 1680s to the 1750s are presented; these values are blended with modern data until 2001. The most striking change in the precipitation patterns over the past 300 years is the change in seasonal distribution; in the late 17th and 18th centuries, summer precipitation accounted for 60% of the yearly total, changing to a uniform seasonal distribution in the 20th century. Winter precipitation has increased by 24 mm/century, while summer precipitation increased by 4 mm/century. The winter of 2000/2001 was the wettest of the past three centuries; the year 2000 recorded the largest amount of precipitation since observations began. |
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Keywords
Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics, Precipitation, Global Change, Instruments and techniques, History of Geophysics, Atmospheric sciences, Global Change, Water cycles, Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics, Climatology |
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Publisher
American Geophysical Union 2000 Florida Avenue N.W. Washington, D.C. 20009-1277 USA 1-202-462-6900 1-202-328-0566 service@agu.org |
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