Precipitation of the Mediterranean Origin in Poland – Its Seasonal and Long-Term Variability

Degirmendžić Jan () and Kożuchowski Krzysztof
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Degirmendžić Jan: Department of Physical Geography, Faculty of Geographical Sciences, University of Łódź, Poland
Kożuchowski Krzysztof: Institute of Forest Sciences, Branch of the University of Łódź in Tomaszów Mazowiecki, Poland

Quaestiones Geographicae, 2015, vol. 34, issue 1, 37-53

Abstract: The article presents the results of the analysis of precipitation in Poland associated with cyclones moving from the Mediterranean Sea to East-Central Europe (Mediterranean Cyclonal Precipitation - MCP). The MCP accounts for about 10% of the total amount of precipitation in Poland. Average daily sum of MCP constitutes approximately 150% of daily amount of all precipitation in Poland. The MCP amount reaches its maxima at the end of April and in the mid-August. The highest MCP occurs in the Carpathians and the Sudetes as well as over stripes of land extending northward and covering the central-western and eastern parts of the country. In the years 1958-2008, the mean annual MCP was characterized by a significant decreasing trend - the MCP sum reduced by 29 mm, i.e. ca. 42% of its multiannual value.

Keywords: Mediterranean precipitation; seasonality; long-term changes; Poland (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1515/quageo-2015-0004

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