Examining the Diurnal Temperature Range (DTR) in Iran using the AgERA5 dataset

Document Type : Research Article

Authors

• Seydeh Fatemeh Akhlaghi-Hosseiny ¹
• Azar Zarrin ²
• Abbasali Dadashi-Roudbari ³

¹ MSc in Climatology, Department of Geography, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran

² Associate Professor in Climatology, Department of Geography, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran

³ Postdoctoral Research Associate in Climatology, Department of Geography, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran

10.22067/geoeh.2021.72332.1104

Abstract

This research was conducted with the aim of investigating the day and night temperatures in Iran. For this purpose, the minimum and maximum temperatures during 40 years (1981-2020) were examined using the AgERA5 dataset. Then, the diurnal temperature range (DTR) was calculated. In order to evaluate the performance of the AgERA5 dataset, the data from 56 meteorological stations and RMSE and R² metrics were used, and the Theil-Sen test was used to analyze the average trend. The results of the evaluation of the minimum and maximum temperatures showed that the AgERA5 dataset has high accuracy for temperature estimation. The trend showed that the monthly trend of minimum and maximum temperatures in Iran is increasing. The increasing trend of temperature over time is not constant and its rate varies in different months. However, the increasing trend of temperature during different months of the year is consistent for the two variables of minimum temperature and maximum temperature. In all months, the maximum temperature increase is observed in winter and March. The DTR index in Iran is a minimum of 0.48 and a maximum of 16.6 °C, which occurs in December and July, respectively. The maximum DTR occurs in the interior dry regions and the minimum occurs in northern and northwestern Iran. The maximum increasing trend of minimum and maximum temperatures is in March, which increases by 0.8 ^oC/decade and 1.2 ^oC/decade, respectively. In contrast to the maximum temperature, there is a decreasing trend of the minimum and maximum minimum temperature in November, which decreases by -0.1 ^oC/decade and -0.2 ^oC/decade, respectively.

Graphical Abstract

Keywords

• Temperature Trends
• AgERA5
• Diurnal Temperature Range (DTR)
• Iran

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