Project information
Meteorological extremes and their impacts in the Czech Lands since the 16th century
- Project Identification
- GA205/01/1067
- Project Period
- 1/2001 - 1/2003
- Investor / Pogramme / Project type
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Czech Science Foundation
- Standard Projects
- MU Faculty or unit
- Faculty of Science
- Cooperating Organization
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Institute of Atmospheric Physics of the ASCR, v. v. i.
- Responsible person RNDr. Josef Štekl, CSc.
- Responsible person PhDr. Oldřich Kotyza
- Responsible person RNDr. Radim Tolasz, Ph.D.
Meteorological extremes with impacts on nature and society in the Czech Lands since the 16th century are studied. Extremely warm, cold, wet and dry months are investigated as well as floods, gales, late (early) frosts and hailstorms, on the one hand on t he basis of measured data, on the other hand on the basis of written weather reports. The analysis of temporal and spatial variability of meteorological extremes in the period 1961-2000 is carried out. Selected extremes are evaluated from the synoptic-cl imatological point of view and their typification is presented. For five-hundred-year chronologies of extremes with significant impacts changes in their frequency, intensity, seasonality and impacts are evaluated. Their relation to climatic fluctuation a nd to the present global warming is studied. A synthesis is presented of the fluctuation of meteorological extremes and their impacts in the Czech Lands since the 16th century up to the present.
Publications
Total number of publications: 29
2006
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Long-term trends in strong winds in the Czech Republic
Geophysical Research Abstracts, EGU General Assembly, Vol. 8, year: 2006
2005
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Historical Climatology in Europe - the State of the Art
Climatic Change, year: 2005, volume: 70, edition: 3
2004
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Cycles and trends in the Czech temperature series using wavelet transform
International Journal of Climatology, year: 2004, volume: 24, edition: 12
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Dynamic and socioeconomic aspects of historical floods in Central Europe
Erdkunde, year: 2004, volume: 58, edition: 1
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History of weather and climate in the Czech lands VI: Strong winds
Year: 2004, edition: Vyd. první, number of pages: 378 s.
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Meteorological records of Michel Stueler of Krupka and their contribution to the knowledge of the climate of the Czech Lands in 1629-1649
Czech Geography at the Dawn of the Millenium, edition: Vyd. 1., year: 2004, number of pages: 18 s.
2003
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Climate in the Czech Lands during the 1780s in light of the daily weather records of parson Karel Bernard Hein of Hodonice (southwestern Moravia): Comparison of documentary and instrumental data
Climatic Change, year: 2003, volume: 60, edition: 3
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Density estimate and its application to analysis of temperature series
Environmetrics, year: 2003, volume: 14, edition: 1
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Digital mapping of climate history of the Czech Republic from documentary sources
International symposium on Digital Earth. Proceedings, year: 2003
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Documentary evidence on strong winds related to convective storms in the Czech Republic since AD 1500
Atmospheric Research, year: 2003, volume: 67-68, edition: Jul - Sep