SOMETCUBA Bulletin

Volume 5 Number 1

January 1999


STUDY OF ANNUAL TEMPERATURE MODES TREND AT CASABLANCA METEOROLOGICAL STATION

by

Lourdes Alvarez Escudero

Instituto de Meteorología
Ministerio de Ciencia Tecnología y Medio Ambiente
Loma de Casa Blanca
A.P. 17032, Habana 17, C.P.-11700, Cuba
Fax. (537) 33 80 10
e-mail : lulu@met.inf.cu

Rosendo Alvarez Morales

and

Israel Borrajero Montejo


Abstracts

Bihourly surface air temperature data are analysed for Casablanca meteorological station, in Havana City, Cuba in the period from 1919 to 1995. From the annual distributions of data, three different ranges of precision in measurements can be observed. Annual modes of temperatures are calculated as well as it's frequency of occurrence and it's behaviour is analysed, showing a highly significant growing trend for the formers and a highly significant decreasing trend for the latter's. An analysis is carried out for the subseries from 1964 - 1995 where hourly data are available and a homogeneous behaviour is observed. Modes are calculated for the period 1919 - 1997 from temperature data with precision of 1 °C, as well as it's frequency of occurrence. It shows that even though the formers have a significant growing trend, the latter's behave homogeneously. Conclusions and recommendations are given.

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