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2012
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Assessing large-scale weekly cycles in meteorological variables: a review
Assessing large-scale weekly cycles in meteorological variables: a review
Several studies have claimed to have found significant weekly cycles of meteorological variables appearing over large domains, which can hardly be related to urban effects exclusively. Nevertheless, there is still an ongoing scientific debate whether these large-scale weekly cycles exist or not, and...
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Personal Name(s): | Sanchez-Lorenzo, A. |
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Laux, P. / Hendricks-Franssen, H.J. / Calbo, J. / Vogl, S. / Georgoulias, A.K. / Quaas, J. | |
Contributing Institute: |
Agrosphäre; IBG-3 |
Published in: | Atmospheric chemistry and physics, 12 (2012) S. 5755 - 5771 |
Imprint: |
Katlenburg-Lindau
EGU
2012
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Physical Description: |
5755 - 5771 |
DOI: |
10.5194/acp-12-5755-2012 |
Document Type: |
Journal Article |
Research Program: |
Terrestrische Umwelt |
Series Title: |
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
12 |
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Please use the identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/acp-12-5755-2012 in citations.
Several studies have claimed to have found significant weekly cycles of meteorological variables appearing over large domains, which can hardly be related to urban effects exclusively. Nevertheless, there is still an ongoing scientific debate whether these large-scale weekly cycles exist or not, and some other studies fail to reproduce them with statistical significance. In addition to the lack of the positive proof for the existence of these cycles, their possible physical explanations have been controversially discussed during the last years. In this work we review the main results about this topic published during the recent two decades, including a summary of the existence or non-existence of significant weekly weather cycles across different regions of the world, mainly over the US, Europe and Asia. In addition, some shortcomings of common statistical methods for analyzing weekly cycles are listed. Finally, a brief summary of supposed causes of the weekly cycles, focusing on the aerosol-cloud-radiation interactions and their impact on meteorological variables as a result of the weekly cycles of anthropogenic activities, and possible directions for future research, is presented. |