Variability of maximum and mean average temperature across Libya (1945-2009)

Ageena, I, Macdonald, N ORCID: 0000-0003-0350-7096 and Morse, AP ORCID: 0000-0002-0413-2065 (2014) Variability of maximum and mean average temperature across Libya (1945-2009). THEORETICAL AND APPLIED CLIMATOLOGY, 117 (3-4). pp. 549-563.

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Abstract

Spatial and temporal variability in daily maximum and mean average daily temperature, monthly maximum and mean average monthly temperature for nine coastal stations during the period 1956-2009 (54 years), and annual maximum and mean average temperature for coastal and inland stations for the period 1945-2009 (65 years) across Libya are analysed. During the period 1945-2009, significant increases in maximum temperature (0.017 °C/year) and mean average temperature (0.021 °C/year) are identified at most stations. Significantly, warming in annual maximum temperature (0.038 °C/year) and mean average annual temperatures (0.049 °C/year) are observed at almost all study stations during the last 32 years (1978-2009). The results show that Libya has witnessed a significant warming since the middle of the twentieth century, which will have a considerable impact on societies and the ecology of the North Africa region, if increases continue at current rates. © 2013 Her Majesty the Queen in Right of United Kingdom.

Item Type:	Article
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	11 Apr 2016 12:02
Last Modified:	15 Dec 2022 11:41
DOI:	10.1007/s00704-013-1012-z
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3000191