On the altitude dependence of the temperature scaling behaviour at the global troposphere

Detrended fluctuation analysis is applied to the mean monthly temperature values, over different heights of the global troposphere, during 1980-2004, to search for self-similarity properties. The results show that the tropospheric temperature anomalies obey persistent long-range power-law correlatio...

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Published in:International journal of remote sensing 2010-03, Vol.31 (2), p.343-349
Main Authors: Efstathiou, M. N., Varotsos, C. A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Altitude
Animal, plant and microbial ecology
Anomalies
Applied geophysics
Biological and medical sciences
Correlation
Earth sciences
Earth, ocean, space
Exact sciences and technology
Fluctuation
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
General aspects. Techniques
Internal geophysics
Remote sensing
Searching
Self-similarity
Teledetection and vegetation maps
Troposphere
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Summary:Detrended fluctuation analysis is applied to the mean monthly temperature values, over different heights of the global troposphere, during 1980-2004, to search for self-similarity properties. The results show that the tropospheric temperature anomalies obey persistent long-range power-law correlations for time-scales longer than about four months and shorter than about six years. This suggests that the temperature fluctuations over small time periods (i.e. a few months) are related to those over longer time periods (i.e. a few years). In addition, the long-range power-law persistence in the global tropospheric temperature fluctuations becomes stronger as the altitude increases.
ISSN:0143-1161
1366-5901
DOI:10.1080/01431160902882702