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. 2017 Mar 11;10:140. doi: 10.1186/s13071-017-2071-2

Table 3.

Warming patterns and their included warming months

Warming pattern Selected warming months Adjusted temperature
(j = DOY)
YW January-December, 2nd year T j(2) + ∆T a, j = 1–365
SW1-Spr March-May, 2nd year T j(2) + ∆T, j = 60–151
SW1-Sum June-August, 2nd year T j(2) + ∆T, j = 152–243
SW1-Aut September-November, 2nd year T j(2) + ∆T, j = 244–304
SW1-Win December, 2nd year; January-February, 3rd year T j(2) + ∆T, j = 305–365
T j(3) + ∆T, j = 1–59
SW2-Spr-Sum March-August, 2nd year T j(2) + ∆T, j = 60–243
SW2-Spr-Aut March-May; September-November, 2nd year T j(2) + ∆T, j = 60–151
T j(2) + ∆T, j = 244–304
SW2-Sum-Aut June-November, 2nd year T j(2) + ∆T, j = 152–304
SW2-Sum-Win June-August and December, 2nd year; January-February, 3rd year T j(2) + ∆T, j = 152–243
T j(2) + ∆T, j = 305–365
T j(3) + ∆T, j = 1–59
SW2-Aut-Win September-December, 2nd year; January-February, 3rd year T j(2) + ∆T, j = 244–365
T j(3) + ∆T, j = 1–59
SW2-Win-Spr December, 2nd year; January-May, 3rd year T j(2) + ∆T, j = 305–365
T j(3) + ∆T, j = 1–151
SW3-Sum-Aut-Win June-December, 2nd year; January-February, 3rd year T j(2) + ∆T, j = 152–365
T j(3) + ∆T, j = 1–59
SW3-Aut-Win-Spr September-December, 2nd year; January-May, 3rd year T j(2) + ∆T, j = 244–365
T j(3) + ∆T, j = 1–151
SW3-Win-Spr-Sum December, 1st year; January-August, 2nd year T j(1) + ∆T, j = 305–365
T j(2) + ∆T, j = 1–243
SW3-Spr-Sum-Aut March-November, 2nd year T j(2) + ∆T, j = 60–304

aT is the temperature increase by 0.5–5 °C at an interval of 0.5 °C

Abbreviations: Aut autumn, Spr spring, Sum summer, Win winter