Publication:
Analysis of the effect of climate change on the characteristics of rainfall in Igeldo-Gipuzkoa (Spain)

Date

2023

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Publisher

MDPI
Acceso abierto / Sarbide irekia
Artículo / Artikulua
Versión publicada / Argitaratu den bertsioa

Project identifier

Gobierno de Navarra//0011-1365-2021-000081

Abstract

In recent years, numerous studies have been carried out on changes in the temperature and precipitation regimes and in the frequency of the extreme events that are a result of climate change. While there is evidence of an increase in temperature at a global level, this globality does not seem to occur with precipitation. The Igeldo weather station (San Sebastian) has one of the longest recorded rainfall intensity series in Spain and can be considered as representative of the Cantabrian coast. This circumstance makes it the ideal place to analyse the trend of the pluviometric regime of this area, and this was precisely the objective of this study. A total of 165 series of pluviometric parameters were obtained to characterise the pluviometric regime. The Mann–Kendall and Spearman tests were applied to evaluate the trends of the different parameters, and the Pettitt test was applied to detect the existence of change points. In all the series, it was proven that there were no significant trends or change points. Significant increasing trends were only detected in the series of maximum winter precipitation. In general terms, it can be concluded that the precipitation regime in Igeldo is quite stationary in the context of climate change.

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Keywords

Precipitation and climate change, Precipitation intensity trends, Rainfall indicators, Rainfall trends in Gipuzkoa

Department

Ingeniería / Ingeniaritza

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Doctorate program

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López, J. J., Ayuso-Muñoz, J. L., Goñi, M., & Gimena, F. N. (2023). Analysis of the Effect of Climate Change on the Characteristics of Rainfall in Igeldo-Gipuzkoa (Spain). Water, 15(8), 1529. https://doi.org/10.3390/w15081529

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