Hydrological Dry Periods versus Atmospheric Circulations in the Lower Vistula Basin (Poland) in 1954–2018

Quaestiones Geographicae

Bartczak Arkadiusz¹  Araźny Andrzej²  Krzemiński Michał³  Maszewski Rafał⁴ 

[1] Department of Environmental Resources and Geohazards, Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization Polish Academy of Sciences, Toruń, Poland;Department of Meteorology and Climatology, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland;Institute of Applied Mathematics, Faculty of Applied Physics and Mathematics, Gdańsk University of Technology, Gdańsk, Poland;Marshal Office of Kujavsko-Pomorskie Voivodship, Toruń, Poland;

关键词: dry periods;    atmospheric circulation;    box-cox transformations;    standardised streamflow index (ssi);    poland;   

DOI  :  10.2478/quageo-2022-0008

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The paper discusses the impact of atmospheric circulation on the occurrence of droughts. The research includes mean monthly discharges for 7 rivers in 1954–2018. Dry periods were determined with Standardised Streamflow Indices (SSI-12). Additionally, the circulation type calendar for Central Poland was used to determine the atmospheric circulation indices: western zonal (W), southern meridional (S) and cyclonicity (C). The analyses indicated a variation in the duration and intensity of droughts in the rivers. 2014–2017 was the driest period with the lowest SSI-12 for most rivers and the highest number of extremely dry months. The advection of air from the West and the South prevailed and anticyclonic synoptic situations dominated over the cyclonic types. Drought spells occurred at a dominance of anticyclonic circulation, with the inflow of air from the North and with increased western zonal circulation.

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