Publication details

Impacts of hydrometeorological extremes in South Moravia based on documentary evidence

Investor logo
Authors

CHROMÁ Kateřina DOLÁK Lukáš BRÁZDIL Rudolf ŘEZNÍČKOVÁ Ladislava

Year of publication 2017
Type Article in Proceedings
Conference Quo vaditis agriculture, forestry and society under global change?
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Science

Citation
Field Atmosphere sciences, meteorology
Keywords documentary evidence; hydrometeorological extremes; impacts; South Moravia
Description Hydrometeorological extremes have influenced human lives significantly in the past, just as they continue to do today. To analyse these influences in the past, information is needed from before the start of systematic meteorological and hydrological observations. Documentary evidence constitutes a very rich source of information about past hydrometeorological extremes. This paper focuses on impacts of hydrometeorological extremes on agriculture and material property and their socio-economic consequences. It also discusses the potential and limitations of such documentary evidence. Despite documentary evidence’s several limitations (e.g. spatial and temporal uncertainty, uncertainty in the annual distribution of records, in the type of extreme, etc.), it is a promising source of information useful for future studies.
Related projects:

You are running an old browser version. We recommend updating your browser to its latest version.

More info