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Hydrometeorological extremes derived from taxation records for south-eastern Moravia, Czech Republic, 1751–1900 AD

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BRÁZDIL Rudolf CHROMÁ Kateřina VALÁŠEK Hubert DOLÁK Lukáš

Rok publikování 2012
Druh Článek v odborném periodiku
Časopis / Zdroj Climate of the Past
Fakulta / Pracoviště MU

Přírodovědecká fakulta

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www http://www.clim-past.net/8/467/2012/cp-8-467-2012.html
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/cp-8-467-2012
Obor Vědy o atmosféře, meteorologie
Klíčová slova documentary evidence;hydrometeorological extremes;tax alleviation;flood;hailstorm;torrential rain
Popis Historical written records associated with tax relief at ten estates located in south-eastern Moravia (Czech Republic) are used for the study of hydrometeorological extremes and their impacts during the period 1751–1900 AD. At the time, the taxation system in Moravia allowed farmers to request tax relief if their crop yields had been negatively affected by hydrological and meteorological extremes. The documentation involved contains information about the type of extreme event and the date of its occurrence, while the impact on crops may often be derived. A total of 175 extreme events resulting in some kind of damage are documented for 1751–1900, with the highest concentration between 1811 and 1860 (74.9% of all events analysed). The nature of events leading to damage (of a possible 272 types) include hailstorm (25.7 %), torrential rain (21.7 %), flood (21.0 %), followed by thunderstorm, flash flood, late frost and windstorm. The four most outstanding events, affecting the highest number of settlements, were thunderstorms with hailstorms (25 June 1825, 20 May 1847 and 29 June 1890) and flooding of the River Morava (mid-June 1847). Hydrometeorological extremes in the 1816–1855 period are compared with those occurring during the recent 1961–2000 period. The results obtained are inevitably influenced by uncertainties related to taxation records, such as their tempoval and spatial incompleteness, the limits of the period of outsider agricultural work (i.e. mainly May–August) and the purpose for which they were originally collected (primarily tax alleviation, i.e. information about hydrometeorological extremes was of secondary importance). Taxation records constitute an important source of data for historical climatology and historical hydrology and have a great potential for use in many European countries.
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