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We assembled daily maximum and minimum temperature records for 31 stations throughout Iran over the period 1961-2010. As with many other areas of the world, we found that both the maximum and minimum temperatures were increasing overall with the minimum

We assembled daily maximum and minimum temperature records for 31 stations throughout Iran over the period 1961-2010. As with many other areas of the world, we found that both the maximum and minimum temperatures were increasing overall with the minimum temperatures increasing twice as fast as the maximum temperatures. We gathered population data for the stations near the beginning and end of the temperature records and found in all seasons and for both the maximum and minimum temperatures the magnitude of population growth positively influenced the temperature trends. However, unlike so many other studies, we found the strongest population growth signal in the winter for the maximum temperatures. We found evidence that this winter-season population-temperature signal is related snow cover. Our results illustrate that any number of processes are involved in explaining trends in historical maximum and minimum temperature records.

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    • A Significant Population Signal in Iranian Temperature Records
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    2016-08-11
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    • Digital object identifier: 10.1155/2016/1603693
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      2314-4122
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      2314-4130
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    Roy, S. S., Kiany, M. S., & Balling, R. C. (2016). A Significant Population Signal in Iranian Temperature Records. International Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, 2016, 1-7. doi:10.1155/2016/1603693

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