Changes in statistical distributions of sub-daily surface temperatures and wind speed

Dunn, Robert J. H.; Willett, Kate M.; Parker, David E.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-10-765-2019

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https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-10-765-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-10-765-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 10, issue 4

Research article

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22 Nov 2019

Research article |

| 22 Nov 2019

Changes in statistical distributions of sub-daily surface temperatures and wind speed

Robert J. H. Dunn, Kate M. Willett, and David E. Parker

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https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-10-765-2019-supplement

Data sets

Expanding HadISD: quality-controlled, sub-daily station data from 1931. Version 3.0.0.2018f (http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/hadobs/hadisd/ and https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/61392a37ab614f349a4c20df4d08871c) R. J. H. Dunn, K. M. Willett, D. E. Parker, and L. Mitchell https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-5-473-2016

HadISD version 3: Monthly Updates R. Dunn https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/library-and-archive/publications/science/climate-science-technical-notes

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Using a sub-daily dataset of in situ observations, we have performed a study to see how the distributions of temperatures and wind speeds have changed over the last 45 years. Changes in the location or shape of these distributions show how extreme temperatures or wind speeds have changed. Our results show that cool extremes are warming more rapidly than warm ones in high latitudes but that in other parts of the world the opposite is true.