The heat wave of August 2012 in the Czech Republic: Evaluation using the Weather Extremity Index

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Result on the web

<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11200-014-0805-6" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11200-014-0805-6</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11200-014-0805-6" target="_blank" >10.1007/s11200-014-0805-6</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The heat wave of August 2012 in the Czech Republic: Evaluation using the Weather Extremity Index

Original language description

We present an analysis of a period of high air temperature that occurred in the second half of August 2012 in the Czech Republic (CZ). We use and compare the results of two different approaches for the evaluation of high air temperature events. The Weather Extremity Index (WEI) evaluates the extremity and spatial extent of the meteorological event of interest. The second method is based on the duration of daily maximum air temperature above specific thresholds. In 2012, the high air temperature in the CZ lasted from 18 August to 24 August (18/8 to 24/8). It was connected with the inflow of hot air from northern Africa between the low pressure trough over the eastern Atlantic and the region of high pressure in central Europe. The high air temperature culminated on 20/8 when its maximum was greater than 30°C across the whole of the CZ. The highest daily maximum air temperature on record in the CZ with a value of 40.4°C was observed at the Dobřichovice station. Our results demonstrate that the studied period was quite extraordinary, occurring so late in the summer with a relatively large areal extent and extremity of detected maximum air temperature. Furthermore, the WEI was found useful for identification of very extreme high air temperature events and facilitated intercomparison in terms of extremity and spatial extent. However, WEI cannot be used for detection of periods with a persistent relatively high air temperature that could have severe impacts on both human activities and natural ecosystems but during which the extremity of observed air temperature values is not very high.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

DG - Atmospheric sciences, meteorology

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/GAP209%2F11%2F1990" target="_blank" >GAP209/11/1990: Extreme weather events in the Czech Republic and their relationship to meso-alpha meteorological patterns</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2015

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Stud. Geophys .Geod.

ISSN

0039-3169

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

59

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

Number of pages

14

Pages from-to

159-172

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

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