Detection of the first frost of autumn and the last frost of spring with the climate change approach at Gorgan synoptic station

Subject Areas : Agroecology Journal

Hossein Imani Pour ¹ (M.Sc. Graduate, Dept. of climatology, Hakim Sabzevari University, Sabzevar, Iran)
Abdolreza Kashki ² (Department of Climatology, Hakim Sabzevari University, Sabzevar, Iran)
mina firoozyazdi ³ (Undergraduate student degree in climatology, Hakim Sabzevari University, Sabzevar, Iran)

Received: 2020-04-30 Accepted : 2020-04-30 Published : 2019-09-23

Keywords:  Climate change,  Global warming  Scenario  SDSM  The number of frosty days,

Abstract :

Changes in the history of the first frost of autumn and the last frost in the spring could be a serious threat to gardeners and farmers. The purpose of this study is to know how this change will be in the future period (2015-2068) compared to the base period (1961-2014) at Gorgan Station. For this purpose, daily data of the Gorgan Minimum Temperature Station was obtained at the observation period from the Golestan Meteorological Office. Then NCEP data, CanESM_RCP_26, RCP_45, RCP 85 were downloaded from Canada's Climate Change site, and using SDSM software, the minimum temperature data for the next period was generated for the three scenarios. Then, the date of the beginning and the end of the glacial to date of Julius was calculated and fitted with SMADA software with different statistical distributions and, using more suitable distributions, the probability of occurrence of freezing days was calculated. The results of this study indicate that the glacial period in the observation period is 75 days. it is also 46 days for the upcoming period in the optimistic scenario. It includes 39 days in the intermediate period and 31 days in the pessimistic scenario, which results in a significant decrease in the duration of the ice period and the increase of the period Growth of plants in the course of the future, which requires more vigilance of planners to deal with the destructive effects of climate change.

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1. Alijani B, Mahmoudi P, Rigi Khachi E, Khosravi P (2010) Investigating the persistence of freezing days in Iran using the Markov chain model. Natural Geographic Survey 42(73): 1-20. [In Persian with English abstract].
2. Babayan (2012) Climate Dialogue. Available on-line as <https:// climate.mihanblog.com/post/4> on 21 April 2018.
3. Bahiar MB, Khayand Andish M, Zamanian MT (2013) Investigating the effects of climate change on the number of days of the first autumn frost and the last frost of spring in Iran using SDSM scale magnitudes. The 15^th and 16^th Climate Studies Journal, Year 4. [in Persian with English abstract]
4. Bonsal BR, Zhang X, Vincent LA, Hogg WD (2001) Characteristics of Daily and Extreme Temperatures over Canada. – Climate 4(9): 1959-1976.
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8. Kashki A, Khoshhal J (2013) Investigation of the Role of Polar Vortex in Iranian First and Last Snowfalls. Journal of Geography and Geology.  5)4): 161-168.
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