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Recent Seasonal Rainfall and Temperature Relationships in Peninsular Florida

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

James M. Coleman
James M. Coleman*
Affiliation:
The Bionetics Corporation, BIO-2, Kennedy Space Center, Florida 32899
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Abstract

Rainfall and temperature records for the last half century are analyzed for peninsular Florida. A recent increase in winter precipitation, weakening toward the south, appears to be related to the temperature decline of the last several decades. Autumn decrease in precipitation in the last two decades is apparently due to suppression of tropical cyclonic activity. The reverse of both of these trends was evident prior to the 1940s. These climatic patterns have resulted in seasonal redistribution of precipitation throughout the Florida peninsula and extended drought conditions for the southern half of the peninsula.

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Research Article
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Quaternary Research , Volume 18 , Issue 2 , September 1982 , pp. 144 - 151
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University of Washington

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