scholarly journals Principal features of Chornohora climate (Ukrainian Carpathians)

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-76
Author(s):  
Krzysztof Błażejczyk ◽  
Oleh Skrynyk
Keyword(s):  
Snow Cover ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Air Temperature ◽  
Atmospheric Precipitation ◽  
Air Masses ◽  
Circulation Types ◽  
Air Circulation ◽  
Snow Cover Depth ◽  
Area Data

Abstract Chornohora is the highest mountain ridge in the Ukrainian Carpathians with 6 peaks of an altitude over 2,000 m above sea level (Hoverla is the highest peak, 2,061 m a.s.l). Its climate is explored less than other mountain ridges in Europe. The massif is a climatic barrier for air masses on NW-SE line. To describe the climate of this area data from the weather station at Pozhyzhevska alpine meadow for the years 1961–2010 were used. The seasonal and long-term variability of air temperature, atmospheric precipitation and snow cover were investigated on the background of air circulation types. The results show that general features of Chornohora climate depend both, on elevation above sea level and on air circulation. Lowest temperature is observed at N-NE circulation and highest precipitation – at western air inflow. Long-term changes of examined climate elements in Chornohora show significant increase in mean (0.13°/10 years) and minimum (0.22°C/10 years) air temperature as well as in snow cover depth and number of snowy days.

Decadal changes in snow cover characteristics in Slovakia over the period 1921 – 2020

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pavel Fasko ◽  
Ladislav Markovič ◽  
Jozef Pecho ◽  
Oliver Bochníček
Keyword(s):  
Snow Cover ◽  
Air Temperature ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Atmospheric Precipitation ◽  
Precipitation Regime ◽  
Decadal Time Scale ◽  
Mean Values ◽  
Annual Total ◽  
The Stability

<p>Long-term changes in air temperature regime have significant consequences for the atmospheric precipitation regime in Slovakia. Moreover, the combination of air temperature increase, changes in annual precipitation regime, as well as increasing proportion of liquid and mixed precipitation on its annual total, have had a profound effect on the snow cover occurrence. In majority of territory of Slovakia, with the exception of high altitudes, the stability of snow cover incidence has decreased. In the last decade of the 20th century and in the first two decades of the 21st century, there was a significant increase in mean values of the air temperature characteristics in every individual decade over the period. Very clear decline of amount of snow cover in Slovakia was recorded especially in the second decade of the 21st century however significant regional differences of measurable long-term trends have been affected by very complex natural conditions of Slovakia. The paper we analyze selected snow cover characteristics, such as the sum of snow depths as well as the number of days with snow cover in the decadal time scale for the period 1921 – 2020. The analysis is performed using the time series of daily values of snow cover at selected weather stations in different regions of Slovakia.</p>

scholarly journals Changes in Air Temperature and Snow Cover in Winter in Poland

Atmosphere ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 68
Author(s):  
Arkadiusz M. Tomczyk ◽  
Ewa Bednorz ◽  
Katarzyna Szyga-Pluta
Keyword(s):  
Snow Cover ◽  
Air Temperature ◽  
Winter Season ◽  
Primary Objective ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Cover Depth ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Northern Regions ◽  
Maximum Air Temperature ◽  
Snow Cover Depth

The primary objective of the paper was to characterize the climatic conditions in the winter season in Poland in the years 1966/67–2019/20. The study was based on daily values of minimum (Tmin) and maximum air temperature (Tmax), and daily values of snow cover depth. The study showed an increase in both Tmin and Tmax in winter. The most intensive changes were recorded in north-eastern and northern regions. The coldest winters were recorded in the first half of the analyzed multiannual period, exceptionally cold being winters 1969/70 and 1984/85. The warmest winters occurred in the second half of the analyzed period and among seasons with the highest mean Tmax, particularly winters 2019/20 and 1989/90 stood out. In the study period, a decrease in snow cover depth statistically significant in the majority of stations in Poland was determined, as well as its variability both within the winter season and multiannual.

RETROSPECTIVE ASSESSMENT OF UNREGULATED LATERAL INFLOWS OF THE KUIBYSHEVSKY (NOW ZHIGULYOVSKAYA HYDROPOWER PLANT) HYDRAULIC UNIT OF THE VOLGA RIVER BASIN

2021 ◽  
pp. 87-99
Author(s):  
G. KH. ISMAIYLOV ◽  
◽  
N. V. MURASCHENKOVA ◽  
I. G. ISMAIYLOVA
Keyword(s):  
River Basin ◽  
Air Temperature ◽  
Atmospheric Precipitation ◽  
Total Precipitation ◽  
Volga River ◽  
Hydraulic Unit ◽  
Seasonal Characteristics ◽  
Lateral Inflow ◽  
Increasing Trend

The results of the analysis and assessment of changes in annual and seasonal characteristics of hydrometeorological processes in a private catchment area of the Kuibyshev hydroelectric complex of the Volga river are presented. To analyze the temporal dynamics of the variability of the annual and seasonal characteristics of the hydrometeorological processes in the considered territory of the river basin we used more than 100 years of observations of annual and seasonal fluctuations of lateral inflow, total atmospheric precipitation and air temperature regimes on the Volgariver. Relationship equations for annual and seasonal changes in hydrometeorological characteristics in time are obtained. It was found that long-term fluctuations of hydrometeorological processes (lateral inflow, total atmospheric precipitation and air temperature) are characterized by tendencies (trends). The analysis of these trends showed that the non-standard climatic situation, starting from the 70s of the last century, had a very significant impact on the distribution of annual and especially on the seasonal (low-water and winter) characteristics of hydrometeorological processes. It has been established that non-standard unidirectional changes are found in the fluctuations in the total atmospheric precipitation. If the winter total precipitation is characterized over the 100-year period in question by a continuously decreasing trend,the summer-autumn period is an increasing trend. This leads to the fact that long-term fluctuations in total precipitation during the period of low water are formed as a stationary process. At the same time, the total precipitation of the spring flood and inflowing to the Kuibyshev hydroelectric unit is characterized by a constantly increasing trend.

scholarly journals LONG-TERM TRENDS IN CHANGES IN METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS OF THE SEA OF AZOV REGION

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (5) ◽  
pp. 130-137
Author(s):  
L.V. Dashkevich ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Air Temperature ◽  
Precipitation Amount ◽  
Winter Season ◽  
Atmospheric Precipitation ◽  
Sea Of Azov ◽  
Southern Coast ◽  
The Sea Of Azov ◽  
Wind Speeds ◽  
Seasonal Wind

The article discusses the long-term changes in air temperature, wind speed and precipitation amount according to observations at the Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Kerch, Genichesk hydrometeorological stations on the coast of the Sea of Azov Analysis of the data for the selected periods revealed an increase in the average values of air temperature from the beginning of the 20th to the beginning of the 21st centuries, both at annual values and for all seasons. The largest increase in average values was noted for the winter, slightly less for the spring-summer season. Warming affected the southern coast least of all. On the entire coast of the Sea of Azov, a decrease in the average annual and seasonal wind speeds is observed throughout the entire century under consideration. The value of the standard deviation of wind speeds has decreased significantly, especially in the winter season. The largest decrease in the average annual and seasonal wind speeds (more than 2 times) was noted at the Primorsko-Akhtarsk HMS. From the beginning of the 20th century to the beginning of the 21st century, there is an increase in the average annual amounts of atmospheric precipitation on the western and southern coast of the sea (by about 130 mm) with an increase in the variability of their amount from year to year. Seasonal changes in the distribution of precipitation were revealed: in the modern period, the proportion of winter and spring precipitation has increased, while the proportion of autumn and, especially, summer precipitation has decreased. The greatest changes in the precipitation regime were noted for the Primorsko-Akhtarsk HMS.

scholarly journals NOCE MROŹNE W POZNANIU I ICH CYRKULACYJNE UWARUNKOWANIA

2018 ◽  
pp. 225-238
Author(s):  
ARKADIUSZ M. TOMCZYK
Keyword(s):  
Water Management ◽  
High Pressure ◽  
Central Europe ◽  
Air Temperature ◽  
National Research Institute ◽  
Pressure System ◽  
Air Masses ◽  
Circulation Types ◽  
Pressure Ridge ◽  
Minimum Air Temperature

The main purpose of this article was to determine the pressure situations and circulation types causing the occurrence of frosty nights in Poznań in the years 1966/67–2015/16. A night was assumed to be a frosty night with a minimum temperature below –10°C. The article uses the daily values of the minimum air temperature for the period of 1966–2016 for the station in Poznań. The data was provided by the Institute of Meteorology and Water Management – National Research Institute. In the analyzed years, 10 frosty nights were recorded on average every season. Conducted studies showed a decrease in their number, although these changes were not statistically significant. The average occurrence of frosty nights was associated with the presence of a high-pressure system over Central Europe, which developed within a high-pressure ridge extending over the majority of the continent. Such a pressure situation led to the advection of continental air masses from the eastern sector.

VARIATIONS OF SEA LEVEL AND GLOBAL CLIMATE IN MODERN CONDITIONS

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valeriy Malinin ◽  
Valeriy Malinin ◽  
Svetlana Gordeeva ◽  
Svetlana Gordeeva ◽  
Oleg Shevchuk ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Model ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Air Temperature ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Linear Trend ◽  
Initial Information ◽  
Ipcc Report ◽  
Interannual Fluctuations ◽  
First Time

Global warming can result in the rise of Sea Level (SL) by 40–100 cm by the end of the XXI century with possible catastrophic consequences for coastal zone. Study and prediction of long-term fluctuations of sea level is among the most important problems of modern hydrometeorology. A series of studies of SL interannual fluctuations have been carried out in RSHU. A reconstruction of SL fluctuations during the observation period of 1861-2010, i.e. 150 years, was performed on the basis of the developed statistical model showing a powerful linear trend describing 94% of the initial row dispersion. During the XX century the trend approached 1.8 mm/year. The comparison of actual and calculated SL trends for two periods (1980–2005 and 1993-2003) has shown that the residual error makes respectively 0.21 and 0.22 mm/year that is three times less, than in the Fourth IPCC report. Also, for the first time the complex of methods of SL longterm forecast was developed: the main advantage of a simple statistical model of SL longterm forecast is a minimum of initial information, but the model accuracy is comparable with complex and expensive ocean and atmosphere circulation models. The two-decade range physical-statistical sea level prediction model was developed for the first time based on the idea that Global Air Temperature (GAT) is a major factor of SL changes. It was experimentally shown that there is a long delay (20 and 30 years) of SL fluctuations with respect to Global Air Temperature.

scholarly journals Long-Term Climate Change Commitment and Reversibility: An EMIC Intercomparison

2013 ◽  
Vol 26 (16) ◽  
pp. 5782-5809 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kirsten Zickfeld ◽  
Michael Eby ◽  
Andrew J. Weaver ◽  
Kaitlin Alexander ◽  
Elisabeth Crespin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Sea Level Rise ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Co2 Emissions ◽  
Air Temperature ◽  
Surface Air Temperature ◽  
Meridional Overturning Circulation ◽  
Atmospheric Co2 ◽  
Change Commitment

Abstract This paper summarizes the results of an intercomparison project with Earth System Models of Intermediate Complexity (EMICs) undertaken in support of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report (AR5). The focus is on long-term climate projections designed to 1) quantify the climate change commitment of different radiative forcing trajectories and 2) explore the extent to which climate change is reversible on human time scales. All commitment simulations follow the four representative concentration pathways (RCPs) and their extensions to year 2300. Most EMICs simulate substantial surface air temperature and thermosteric sea level rise commitment following stabilization of the atmospheric composition at year-2300 levels. The meridional overturning circulation (MOC) is weakened temporarily and recovers to near-preindustrial values in most models for RCPs 2.6–6.0. The MOC weakening is more persistent for RCP8.5. Elimination of anthropogenic CO2 emissions after 2300 results in slowly decreasing atmospheric CO2 concentrations. At year 3000 atmospheric CO2 is still at more than half its year-2300 level in all EMICs for RCPs 4.5–8.5. Surface air temperature remains constant or decreases slightly and thermosteric sea level rise continues for centuries after elimination of CO2 emissions in all EMICs. Restoration of atmospheric CO2 from RCP to preindustrial levels over 100–1000 years requires large artificial removal of CO2 from the atmosphere and does not result in the simultaneous return to preindustrial climate conditions, as surface air temperature and sea level response exhibit a substantial time lag relative to atmospheric CO2.

scholarly journals Assessment of the Variability of Many Years of Thunderstorm Activity in the Aspect of Potential Threats to Aircraft at Selected Airports in Poland

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Małgorzata Kirschenstein ◽  
Kamil Krasuski ◽  
Jaroslaw Kozuba ◽  
Miroslav Kelemen
Keyword(s):  
Sea Level ◽  
Thunderstorm Activity ◽  
Storm Activity ◽  
Local Conditions ◽  
Large Variability ◽  
Air Masses ◽  
Regional Diversity ◽  
Aerodynamic Properties ◽  
Atmospheric Phenomena

The article presents an assessment of the long-term variability of storm activity in the aspect of potential threats to aircraft. The analysis of data from the period 1970–2018 was conducted for selected airports in Poland: Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport, IATA code: GDN, ICAO code: EPGD (54°22′39″N 18°27′59″E, altitude above sea level 149 m above sea level); Solidarity Szczecin- Goleniow Airport, IATA code: SZZ, ICAO code: EPSC (53°35′05″ N 14°54′08″ E, altitude above sea level 47 m above sea level); Poznań-Ławica Henryk Wieniawski Airport, IATA code: POZ, ICAO code: EPPO (52°25′16″ N 16°49′35″ E, altitude above sea level 94 m above sea level); Warsaw Chopin Airport, IATA code: WAW, ICAO code: EPWA (52°09′57″ N 20°58′02″ E, altitude above sea level 110 m above sea level); Copernicus Airport Wrocław, IATA code: WRO, ICAO code: EPWR (51°06′10″ N 16°53′10″ E, altitude above sea level 123 m above sea level); John Paul II International Airport Kraków-Balice, IATA code: KRK, ICAO code: EPKK (50°04′40″ N 19°47′06″ E, altitude above sea level 241 m above sea level). The purpose of this paper is to assess the long-term variability of storm activity in the aspect of potential threats to air operations in Poland with the examples of six selected airports. In order to achieve the goal, an analysis of the frequency of storm phenomena in Poland was carried out both in annual and long- term terms. The analysis will allow the assessment of the geographical diversity of the distribution of storm phenomena and their variability in the years 1970–2018. The next stage of the work will be to determine the climatic conditions that exert the greatest impact on the formation of storms. The important factors include atmospheric circulation, which, over the Polish territory, is shaped by the influence of air masses from the Atlantic Ocean, the Baltic Sea and in addition, from the vast continental area. All these air masses clash over the area of Poland causing large variability in the frequency of occurrence of hazardous atmospheric phenomena. For this reason, the Polish climate is defined as a moderate warm climate with transitory features. The important factors affecting regional diversity are local conditions, such as terrain, nature of the land, and distance from water reservoirs. The thermal, humidity and aerodynamic properties of the substrate, which are components of radiation processes, determine the exchange of energy at the interface between the atmosphere and the earth, and largely determine the intensity of selected hazardous atmospheric phenomena. Each occurrence of a storm is a potentially dangerous meteorological event that threatens the environment and human activities, including all types of transport. The studied phenomenon of storms is particularly dangerous for air transport. Literature shows that storm phenomena in Poland are characterized by a large regional diversity, both during the year and over many years. The greatest threat of storm phenomena occurs in the warm period of the year—spring and summer.

scholarly journals The reaction of the environment to climate change in the Northern latitudes (on the example of the taiga zone of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug-Yugra)

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vera Petrovna Kuznetsova
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Snow Cover ◽  
Air Temperature ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Taiga Zone ◽  
Northern Latitudes ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Khanty Mansi Autonomous

The article presents results of investigation the impact of modern climate change on the environment in the taiga zone of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug-Ugra. Long-term indicators of average annual air temperature and the duration of the occurrence of stable snow cover are given according to some meteorological stations in the region. The response of the natural environment is determined based on the analysis of phenological processes under the conditions of climate change in the studied territory. Hazardous hydrometeorological phenomena observed on the territory in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug-Ugra are presented.

scholarly journals Analýza vybraných indikátorov hodnotenia zmeny klímy na území SR (pre účely podpory rozvoja záchranných služieb)

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 16-24
Author(s):  
Iveta Marková ◽  
◽  
Mikuláš Monoši
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Time Series ◽  
Air Temperature ◽  
Drought Index ◽  
Slovak Republic ◽  
Atmospheric Precipitation ◽  
Annual Total ◽  
State Of The Environment ◽  
Climatic Elements

The development of climate change is evaluated based on trends in long-term time series (1951 - 2018) of individual climatic elements, comparing values of individual years with the standard period in climatology 1961 - 1990 (SAŽP, 2019). The aim of the article is to evaluate climate elements, namely the production of greenhouse gases, average annual air temperature, annual total atmospheric precipitation, drought index and annual soil temperature (soil index). Data presented in the article are obtained from public reports on the state of the environment in the Slovak Republic and other related documents. In 1881 - 2018, Slovakia underwent significant changes in all monitored climatic elements. The most crucial changes occurred in 2017 and 2018.

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