期刊
HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES
卷 23, 期 21, 页码 3040-3056出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7415
关键词
wavelet empirical orthogonal functions; climate variability; Alberta
资金
- Sustainable Forest Management network (SFM)
By applying wavelet-based empirical orthogonal function (WEOF) analysis to gridded precipitation (P) and empirical orthogonal function (EOF) analysis to gridded air temperature (T), potential evapotranspiration (PET), net precipitation (PPET) and runoff (Q), this paper examines the spatial, temporal and frequency patterns of Alberta's climate variability. It was found that only WEOF-based precipitation patterns, possibly modulated by El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and Pacific Decadal Oscillation(PDO), delineated Alberta into four major regions which geographically represent northern Alberta Boreal forests, southern Alberta grasslands and Aspen Parklands and the Rocky Mountains and Foothills. The leading mode of wavelet-based precipitation variability WPC1 showed that between 1900 and 2000, a wet climate dominated northern Alberta with significant 4-8, 11 and 25-year periodic cycles, while the second mode WPC2 showed that between 1960 and 2000, southern Alberta grasslands were characterized by decreasing precipitation, dominated by 11-year cycles, and the last two modes WPC3 and WPC4 were characterized by 4-7 and 25-year cycles and both delineated regions where moisture from the Pacific Ocean penetrated the Rocky Mountains, accounted for much of the sub-alpine climate. These results show that WEOF is superior to EOF in delineating Alberta precipitation variability to sub-regions that more closely agree with its eco-climate regions. Further, it was found that while WPC2 could not explain runoff variations in southern Alberta, WPC1, WPC3 and WPC4 accounted for runoff variability in their respective sub-re.-ions. Copyright (C) 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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