Drought Occurrence in Central European Mountainous Region (Tatra National Park, Slovakia) within the Period 1961–2010
Drought has recently become a significant topic in the Central European region. It has been observed that the drought phenomenon has severe impacts on the agriculture, hydrology, social, and economic sectors of lowland areas. This study focuses on how drought, defined as a precipitation shortage, oc...
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| author | Jaroslav Vido Tsegaye Tadesse Zbyšek Šustek Radoslav Kandrík Miriam Hanzelová Jaroslav Škvarenina Jana Škvareninová Michael Hayes |
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| description | Drought has recently become a significant topic in the Central European region. It has been observed that the drought phenomenon has severe impacts on the agriculture, hydrology, social, and economic sectors of lowland areas. This study focuses on how drought, defined as a precipitation shortage, occurs in higher altitudes of the Tatra National Park (Tatra Mts., Slovakia), which is a significant biological reserve of the Central European fauna and flora. The main goals of this research include identifying drought variability and its characteristics over the Tatra National Park in the West Carpathians (Slovakia), especially to characterizing drought variability and its spatial pattern across the Tatra National Park from 1961 to 2010 using the Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) and standard Geographic Information System (GIS) methods. The results showed that frequency of drought occurrence has cyclic pattern with approximately 30-year period. The spatial analyses showed that precipitation shadow of the mountains influences the risk of drought occurrence. The drought-prone areas over the mountains are also identified. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-dc729fa3b90942119ec9faa789ad8f1e2025-02-03T06:14:05ZengWileyAdvances in Meteorology1687-93091687-93172015-01-01201510.1155/2015/248728248728Drought Occurrence in Central European Mountainous Region (Tatra National Park, Slovakia) within the Period 1961–2010Jaroslav Vido0Tsegaye Tadesse1Zbyšek Šustek2Radoslav Kandrík3Miriam Hanzelová4Jaroslav Škvarenina5Jana Škvareninová6Michael Hayes7Department of Natural Environment, Faculty of Forestry, Technical University in Zvolen, T.G. Masaryka 24, 960 53 Zvolen, SlovakiaThe National Drought Mitigation Centre, University of Lincoln, 816 Hardin Hall, 3310 Holdrege Street, Lincoln, NE 68583-0988, USAInstitute of Zoology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 9, 845 06 Bratislava, SlovakiaDepartment of Natural Environment, Faculty of Forestry, Technical University in Zvolen, T.G. Masaryka 24, 960 53 Zvolen, SlovakiaDepartment of Natural Environment, Faculty of Forestry, Technical University in Zvolen, T.G. Masaryka 24, 960 53 Zvolen, SlovakiaDepartment of Natural Environment, Faculty of Forestry, Technical University in Zvolen, T.G. Masaryka 24, 960 53 Zvolen, SlovakiaDepartment of Applied Ecology, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Technical University in Zvolen, T. G. Masaryka 24, 960 53 Zvolen, SlovakiaThe National Drought Mitigation Centre, University of Lincoln, 816 Hardin Hall, 3310 Holdrege Street, Lincoln, NE 68583-0988, USADrought has recently become a significant topic in the Central European region. It has been observed that the drought phenomenon has severe impacts on the agriculture, hydrology, social, and economic sectors of lowland areas. This study focuses on how drought, defined as a precipitation shortage, occurs in higher altitudes of the Tatra National Park (Tatra Mts., Slovakia), which is a significant biological reserve of the Central European fauna and flora. The main goals of this research include identifying drought variability and its characteristics over the Tatra National Park in the West Carpathians (Slovakia), especially to characterizing drought variability and its spatial pattern across the Tatra National Park from 1961 to 2010 using the Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) and standard Geographic Information System (GIS) methods. The results showed that frequency of drought occurrence has cyclic pattern with approximately 30-year period. The spatial analyses showed that precipitation shadow of the mountains influences the risk of drought occurrence. The drought-prone areas over the mountains are also identified.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/248728 |
| spellingShingle | Jaroslav Vido Tsegaye Tadesse Zbyšek Šustek Radoslav Kandrík Miriam Hanzelová Jaroslav Škvarenina Jana Škvareninová Michael Hayes Drought Occurrence in Central European Mountainous Region (Tatra National Park, Slovakia) within the Period 1961–2010 Advances in Meteorology |
| title | Drought Occurrence in Central European Mountainous Region (Tatra National Park, Slovakia) within the Period 1961–2010 |
| title_full | Drought Occurrence in Central European Mountainous Region (Tatra National Park, Slovakia) within the Period 1961–2010 |
| title_fullStr | Drought Occurrence in Central European Mountainous Region (Tatra National Park, Slovakia) within the Period 1961–2010 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Drought Occurrence in Central European Mountainous Region (Tatra National Park, Slovakia) within the Period 1961–2010 |
| title_short | Drought Occurrence in Central European Mountainous Region (Tatra National Park, Slovakia) within the Period 1961–2010 |
| title_sort | drought occurrence in central european mountainous region tatra national park slovakia within the period 1961 2010 |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/248728 |
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