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Twentieth century climate change in Alabama.

Journal of the Alabama Academy of Science

| August 01, 2008 | Herbert, Jonathan M. | COPYRIGHT 2008 Alabama Academy of Science. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

This study uses the United States Historical Climatology Network data set to assess climate change in Alabama over the twentieth century. Ten stations in the state have relatively complete data for this time period, for both temperature and precipitation. For each station and both variables, several measures of climate change are calculated. These are trends for the period 1901--2000, and changes in the mean and standard deviation for the period 1971 -2000 compared to 1901 -1930. This approach reveals changes in both temperature and precipitation across the state. Across most of the state, temperature decreased and precipitation increased. The changes in many places were ...

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