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Mohammad Darand

Mohammad Darand

Academic rank: Professor
ORCID:
Education: PhD.
ScopusId: 26664517400
Faculty: Faculty of Natural Resources
Address: سنندج، دانشگاه کردستان، دانشکده منابع طبیعی، گروه آب و هواشناسی
Phone: 08736620551

Research

Title
Recognition of Tehran weather types
Type
JournalPaper
Keywords
Synoptic Climatology, Weather types, Cluster analysis, Sequentially, Occurrence index
Year
2009
Journal Journal of applied sciences
DOI
Researchers Seied Abolfazl Masudian ، Mohammad hosayn Gholizadeh ، Mohammad Darand

Abstract

In order to recognize Tehran weather types, 22 atmospheric variables are studied for Tehran synoptic station from January 1, 1978 to December 31, 2004. Cluster analysis on the standardized matrix of data and linking days on the basis of ward method shows that Tehran has four Weather Types (WT). These are- 1) Cold, frosty, rainy WT, 2) Moderate WT, 3) Warm, dry WT and 4) Cold, windy WT. Based on this study results, warm and dry WT is the most dominant and durable and cold, frosty, rainy WT is the least frequent and short-lived weather types in Tehran. Only 25.4% days of a year, moderate WT can be seen. Warm and dry period involves almost 40% days of a year Because of the dominance of Azores subtropical high pressure, Tehran's weather is much stable around this time and only warm, dry WT occurs. Because of relative increase of the warm and dry weather type in this period, Tehran's weather has become warmer.