Changes in storm frequency in the Mediterranean Sea region

• Authors: Katarzyna Grabowska

Abstracts

EN

Storms in the European part of the Mediterranean Sea Basin are characterized in the paper. Data on storm days comes from the years 1986-2008, from fourteen stations located on the coast and on islands of the Mediterranean Sea (Gibraltar, Valencia, Palma de Majorca, Marseille, Ajaccio - Corsica, Cagliari - Sardinia, Palermo - Sicily, Naples, Luqa Malta, Thessaloniki, Athens, Souda - Crete, Rhodes Airport - Rhodes and Larnaca - Cyprus). The greatest number of storm days was noted in Corsica (870 - on the average 37,8 per year) and the least in Gibraltar (371 - 16,1). In most of the examined stations storms took place most frequently in the fall (from 19 to 46%). The smallest number of storm days was observed in winter (western and central part of the region) and in summer (eastern part). From a year-to-year analysis of storm days, it was found that their trend, at almost at all the stations, is negative. The strongest negative trend was observed in Valencia, Naples and Cagliari (-8,5 days/10 years). A growing trend, reaching 3 storm days/10 years, was only found in Cyprus.

Keywords

EN

storms; Southern Europe; Mediterranean Sea; year; seasons; change trends in time

• Publisher: Wydział Geografii i Studiów Regionalnych Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
• Journal: Miscellanea Geographica. Regional Studies on Development
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 14
• Pages: 71-78

Dates

published

2010

Contributors

author

Katarzyna Grabowska

• University of Warsaw, Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, Department of Climatology

translator

Małgorzata Miłaszewska

References

• Martyn D., 1992, Climates of the world, Developments in atmospheric science 18, Elsevier, Amsterdam.
• Słownik meteorologiczny [Dictionary of meteorology], 2003, Polskie Towarzystwo Geofizyczne IMGW, Warszawa.
• Okołowicz W., 1969, Klimatologia ogólna [General climatology], PWN, Warszawa.
• Okołowicz W., 1991, Strefy klimatyczne świata, Geograficzny atlas świata [Climatic zones of the world, World atlas of geography], PPWK, Warszawa-Wrocław.
• Stopa M., 1962, Burze w Polsce [Storms in Poland], Prace Geograficzne, 34, Wydawnictwo Geologiczne, Warszawa.

Identifiers

Biblioteka Nauki

2034142