Indices of temperature extremes in the South Gulf Coastal Plains in Mexico

Authors

  • Patricia Zarazúa Villaseñor Centro Universitario de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias- Universidad de Guadalajara, Camino Ing. Ramón Padilla Sánchez 2100, poblado La Venta del Astillero, Zapopan, Jalisco. Tel. (33) 37 77 11 50 ext. 33016
  • José Ariel Ruiz Corral Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias, Región Pacífico- Centro, Interior Parque Los Colomos s/n II Sección, Colonia Providencia, Guadalajara, Jalisco. Tel. (33) 36 41 07 72
  • Gabriela Ramírez Ojeda Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias, Región Pacífico- Centro, Interior Parque Los Colomos s/n II Sección, Colonia Providencia, Guadalajara, Jalisco. Tel. (33) 36 41 07 72
  • Guillermo Medina García Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias, Centro Experimental Zacatecas, km 24.5 carretera Fresnillo-Zacatecas, Calera de Víctor Rosales. C. P. 98500. Tel. (478) 985 01 98
  • Víctor Manuel Rodríguez Moreno Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias, Centro Experimental Pabellón. Carretera Aguascalientes-Zacatecas, km 32.5. Pabellón de Arteaga, C. P. 20660. Tel. (465) 958 01 67
  • Celia De La Mora Orozco Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias, Centro Experimental Zacatecas. Carretera Tepatitlán-Lagos de Moreno, km 8. Col. Rancho Las Cruces. Tepatitlán de Morelos, C. P. 47600. Tel. (378) 782 46 38
  • Hugo Flores López Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias, Centro Experimental Zacatecas. Carretera Tepatitlán-Lagos de Moreno, km 8. Col. Rancho Las Cruces. Tepatitlán de Morelos, C. P. 47600. Tel. (378) 782 46 38
  • Noé Durán Puga Unidad Académica de Agricultura. Universidad Autónoma de Nayarit. Carretera Tepic-Compostela, km 9. Xalisco, Nayarit, México. C. P. 63780

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29312/remexca.v0i10.1021

Keywords:

climate trend, Mexico, South Gulf Coastal Plains, uniformity of climatic series, warm days, warm nights

Abstract

Climate change is already widely studied, showing increases in maximum and minimum temperatures, but increases were also reported related to the extreme daily maximum and minimum temperatures, which has led to the need to determine the behaviour of these extremes at regional level in order that decision-makers can develop adaptation measurements. The aim of this study was to evaluate the tendencies of the climate indices of weather extremes based on the maximum and minimum daily temperatures for the South Gulf Coastal Plains region. Featuring the database of daily maximum temperature and daily minimum temperature of 31 weather stations located in this area. After making an analysis of the quality of the series and homogenizing on them when necessary, we obtained thirteen out of the twenty seven indices established by the Expert Panel on Detection, Monitoring and Indices of Climate Change (EPDMICC). We applied a principal component analysis and a cluster analysis. Regional tendencies of the significant climate variation indices of the area were obtained and finally an  analysis of stationality of these indices was performed in the region. The results show an increase in several of the extreme indices, being the most significant, the frequency of warm nights and hot days frequency which show higher increase during summer and autumn.

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Published

2018-03-27

How to Cite

Zarazúa Villaseñor Patricia, Ruiz Corral José Ariel, Ramírez Ojeda Gabriela, Medina García Guillermo, Rodríguez Moreno Víctor Manuel, Celia De La Mora Orozco, Flores López Hugo, and Durán Puga Noé. 2018. “Indices of Temperature Extremes in the South Gulf Coastal Plains in Mexico”. Revista Mexicana De Ciencias Agrícolas, no. 10 (March). México, ME:1843-57. https://doi.org/10.29312/remexca.v0i10.1021.

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