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CLIMATIC VARIATION [1 record]

Record 1 2023-02-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Climatology
DEF

A fluctuation, or a component thereof, whose characteristic time scale is sufficiently long to result in an appreciable inconstancy of successive 30-year averages (normals) of the variable.

OBS

Often used to designate common natural variations from one year to the next, or changes from one decade to the next.

Key term(s)
  • variation of climate

French

Domaine(s)
  • Climatologie
DEF

Fluctuation ou composante de celle-ci, dont l'échelle de temps caractéristique est suffisamment grande pour aboutir à une inconstance appréciable des moyennes (normales) successives de la variable, calculées chacune sur 30 ans.

OBS

Ce terme sert souvent à désigner des variations interannuelles courantes ou des changements qui se produisent d'une décennie à une autre.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Climatología
DEF

Fluctuación, o componente de ésta, cuya escala de tiempo característica es suficientemente grande para dar una inconstancia apreciable de las medias (normales) sucesivas de la variable en 30 años.

OBS

Se utiliza a menudo para designar las variaciones interanuales corrientes o los cambios de un decenio al siguiente.

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