Recent Climate Warming: Surface Air Temperature Series and Geothermal Evidence
Long-term (1961 – 1996) meteorological air temperature series together with the reconstructed ground surface temperature histories, obtained by inverting borehole temperature-depth profiles, were used to project regional patterns of the recent (climate) warming rate on the territory of the Czech Rep...
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Published in | Studia geophysica et geodaetica Vol. 44; no. 3; pp. 430 - 441 |
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Main Authors | , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Prague
Springer Nature B.V
01.01.2000
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Summary: | Long-term (1961 – 1996) meteorological air temperature series together with the reconstructed ground surface temperature histories, obtained by inverting borehole temperature-depth profiles, were used to project regional patterns of the recent (climate) warming rate on the territory of the Czech Republic. The characteristic magnitude of the warming rate of 0.02 –0.03 K/yr was confirmed by the results of several years of monitoring the temperature in two experimental boreholes. The monitoring of shallow temperatures at depths of about 30 –40 m, i.e. below the reach of the seasonal surface temperature variations, can serve as an alternative tool of direct quantitative assessment of the present warming rate. The data also seem to sustain a potential man-made component contributing to the more pronounced recent warming rate observed in the areas of large agglomeration. |
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ISSN: | 0039-3169 1573-1626 |
DOI: | 10.1023/A:1022116721903 |