Thermal stress in the northern Carpathians and air circulation

• Authors: Krzysztof Błażejczyk , Pavol Nejedlik , Oleh Skrynyk , Agnieszka Halaś , Olesya Skrynyk , Jarosław Baranowski , Katarina Mikulova

Abstracts

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In mountain areas, air circulation plays a major role in the forming of the climate. This paper examines how it influences thermal stress in the northern Carpathians. The Niedźwiedź’s classification of air circulation was applied. Thermal stress was assessed by Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI). Daily meteorological and circulation data for the period 1986–2015 were used for 20 stations in Poland, Slovakia and Ukraine. Air circulation was found to have a significant impact on thermal stress. The highest UTCI values are observed at Ca+Ka (centre of the high and anticyclonic wedge or ridge of high pressure) and the lowest values at N+NE and W+NW circulation; at the Southward stations, UTCI is higher than in the Northward ones; thermoneutral days are more frequent on the southward than on the northward slopes; during N+NE, E+SE and W+NW circulation and for heat stress days, the greatest thermal privilege of the southward slopes is observed at E+SE, S+SW, Ca+Ka and Cc+Bc (centre of low and through of low pressure) types of circulation.

Keywords

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Northern Carpathians; thermal stress; UTCI; air circulation

• Publisher: Wydział Geografii i Studiów Regionalnych Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
• Journal: Miscellanea Geographica. Regional Studies on Development
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 24
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 147-160

Dates

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2020

Contributors

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Krzysztof Błażejczyk

• Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization, Climate Impacts Laboratory, Poland

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Pavol Nejedlik

• Earth Science Institute of Slovak Academy of Science, Slovakia

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Oleh Skrynyk

• Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies,University of Warsaw, Poland

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Agnieszka Halaś

• Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies,University of Warsaw, Poland

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Olesya Skrynyk

• Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Institute, Ukraine
• National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine

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Jarosław Baranowski

• Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization, Climate Impacts Laboratory, Poland

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Katarina Mikulova

• Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute, Slovakia

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