Terrain and its Effects on Fog Occurrence
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Alternative codes found
RIV/00020699:_____/21:N0000082 RIV/75010330:_____/21:00013426 RIV/00216208:11310/21:10430482
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144359" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144359</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144359" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144359</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Terrain and its Effects on Fog Occurrence
Original language description
Fog is a very complex phenomenon, relevant to both atmospheric physics and chemistry, contributing to the atmospheric inputs of both nutrients and pollutants to the environment. Fog occurrence is affected by numerous factors. The aim of this study is to examine the effects of terrain on fog occurrence. Namely, we studied in detail how altitude, slope and landform influence the probability of fog occurrence using the generalized additive model. In particular, we investigated how different explanatory variables might modify (deform) the trend and the seasonal component of the probability of fog occurrence. We used long-term records of daily fog occurrence measured in 1981–2017 at 56 professional meteorological stations in Romania, reflecting different environments and geographical areas. The altitude of the sites under review ranged between 13 and 2,504 metres above sea level, the coverage of localities at different altitudes being highly uneven. Out of the terrain variables considered, the most decisive influence was found to be altitude. We have included information on slope and landform, which refined and bettered the basic model. Our model results indicated a significant decrease in the probability of fog occurrence over the examined period. The behaviour of fog differed according to the altitude, the most profound effects being observed for ground-level fog and fog above flat terrain. The probability of fog occurrence at different altitudes varied mostly in summer and autumn, whereas it was very similar in winter.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10509 - Meteorology and atmospheric sciences
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Science of the Total Environment
ISSN
0048-9697
e-ISSN
1879-1026
Volume of the periodical
768
Issue of the periodical within the volume
10 May 2021
Country of publishing house
NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS
Number of pages
24
Pages from-to
144359
UT code for WoS article
000625384700018
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85099402167