VARIATIONS AND TRENDS IN TURKISH SEASONAL HEATING AND COOLING DEGREE-DAYS
MIKDAT KADIOGLU, ZEKAI SEN and LATIF GÜLTEKIN
Department of Meteorology, Istanbul Technical University, Maslak, Istanbul 80626, Turkey
Turkish State Meteorological Works, Diyarbakir Meteorology Station, Turkey
Abstract.
The potential effect of climate change on energy demand is important especially for the developing and non-oil-producing countries. Cooling and heating degree-day (CDD and HDD) concepts are among the most significant meteorological variables related to residential energy consumption. This paper presents the spatial and temporal characteristics of Turkish seasonal CDD and HDD in the context of climate change. CDD and HDD are defined objectively by truncation of the temperature series at any constant base temperature level. This leads to surpluses and deficits as deviations. The surpluses are instances for cooling and the deficits for heating. Depending on temperature fluctuations, the degree-day statistics at any location show local and seasonal variations. In this study, regional variations of seasonal HDD and CDD are mapped for Turkey and their relations to local topography and climatic features are examined with conclusive interpretations. The sequential version of Mann–Kendall rank statistic is applied to demonstrate any existence of possible nonlinear trends in accumulated HDD and CDD over the seasons. Spatially coherent and statistically significant trends of HDD and CDD appear in some regions of Turkey. In general, the sign of the trends is inconsistent with General Circulation Models (GCM) predictions
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