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<journal-id>0187-6236</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Atmósfera]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Atmósfera]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0187-6236</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Ciencias de la Atmósfera y Cambio Climático]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0187-62362024000100022</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.20937/atm.53272</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Trend analysis and forecast of annual precipitation and temperature series in the Eastern Mediterranean region]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Sakalis]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Vasileios D.]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Northern Kynouria Municipal Water Supply and Sewerage Company  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Astros Arcadia ]]></addr-line>
<country>Greece</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2024</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2024</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>38</volume>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0187-62362024000100022&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0187-62362024000100022&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0187-62362024000100022&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT The present study aims to examine the current trend of annual precipitation and temperature series referred to the Eastern Mediterranean basin on a national basis, including the annual variability of sea surface temperature anomalies and the connection effect with the North Atlantic Oscillation and the Mediterranean Oscillation indices (NAOI and MOI, respectively). The period under consideration is mainly the last 32 years, from 1990 to 2021. Additionally, the prediction of monthly and yearly temperature and precipitation series, based on the autoregressive integrated moving average model on a national base, for the next four or eight years, is another interesting feature of the present study. Results indicate rising trends in the annual precipitation during 1990-2021, mostly non-significant and significant warming trends in the annual temperature, including sea surface temperature. The NAOI is highly correlated mostly with annual temperature, whereas the MOI does not affect the variation of annual precipitation and temperature. The results of the present study are in general agreement with the results of available studies in the literature, and they could be of high interest to national authorities and environmental unions/organizations, to help decision-makers face climate change.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN El objetivo del presente estudio es examinar a nivel nacional la tendencia actual de las series anuales de precipitación y temperatura referidas a la cuenca del Mediterráneo Oriental, incluyendo la variabilidad anual de las anomalías de la temperatura superficial del mar y el efecto de conexión con los índices de la Oscilación del Atlántico Norte y la Oscilación del Mediterráneo (NAOI y MOI por sus siglas en inglés, respectivamente). El periodo considerado abarca principalmente los últimos 32 años, desde 1990 hasta 2021. Adicionalmente, la predicción de las series de temperatura y precipitación mensuales y anuales, basadas en el Modelo Autorregresivo Integrado de Media Móvil sobre una base nacional, para los próximos cuatro u ocho años, es otra característica interesante del presente estudio. Los resultados indican tendencias crecientes en la precipitación anual de 1990 a 2021, en su mayoría tendencias de calentamiento significativas y no significativas en la temperatura anual, incluida la temperatura superficial del mar. El índice NAOI está altamente correlacionado principalmente con la temperatura anual, mientras que el índice MOI no afecta la variación de la precipitación y temperatura anuales. Los resultados del presente estudio coincidieron en general con aquellos de los estudios disponibles en la literatura, y podrían suponer un alto interés para autoridades nacionales y gremios u organizaciones ambientalistas, como instrumento para ayudar a los encargados de la toma de decisiones a enfrentar el cambio climático.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[time series]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[climate change impact]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[climate variability]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Turkey]]></kwd>
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