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VARIACION CLIMA [3 records]

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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Record 2 2006-09-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Climatology
CONT

A climatic shift consists of an abrupt change in the average of regional climatic variables for a certain period of time ...

CONT

... the researchers have found that higher levels of atmospheric greenhouse gases may be the cause of the climatic shift in the Pacific.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Climatologie
CONT

De nombreuses espèces naturelles - dont les arbres, et les ecosystèmes forestiers attachés - pourraient [...] dépérir en cas de modification climatique brutale.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Climatología
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Record 3 1995-11-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Climatology
DEF

Large variations in climate which are due to variations in the Sun's radiation caused by: (1) the varying ellipticity of the Earth's orbit; (2) the varying tilt of the Earth's rotational axis due to the obliquity of the ecliptic; (3) the precession of the solstices and equinoxes.

Key term(s)
  • Milankovitch oscillation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Climatologie
DEF

Grandes variations du climat qui sont dues aux variations du rayonnement solaire causées par : 1) l'ellipticité variable de l'orbite terrestre; 2) l'inclinaison variable de l'axe de rotation de la Terre causée par l'obliquité de l'écliptique; 3) la précession des solstices et équinoxes.

Key term(s)
  • oscillation de Milankovitch

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Climatología
DEF

Variaciones pronunciadas del clima debidas a cambios de la radiación solar causados por 1) la variación de la elipticidad de la órbita de la Tierra; 2) la variación de la inclinación del eje de rotación de la Tierra debido a la oblicuidad de la eclíptica; 3) la precesión de los solsticios y equinoccios.

Key term(s)
  • oscilación de Milankovitch
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