The influence of atmospheric circulation on the type of precipitation (Kraków, southern Poland)
Authors:
- Tadeusz Niedźwiedź,
- Ewa Bożena Łupikasza,
- R Twardosz
Abstract
The paper discusses the impact of atmospheric circulation on the occurrence of various types of precipitation. A 146-year-long precipitation record from Kraków spanning the period 1863–2008 was used alongside a calendar prepared by Niedźwiedź (1981, 2009) describing circulation types covering the period 1873–2008 and air masses and atmospheric fronts covering the period 1951–2008 in southern Poland. The influence of atmospheric circulation on precipitation was measured using the frequency, conditional probability and average daily totals of precipitation. Circulation types, air masses and atmospheric fronts exerted influences on precipitation as a result of the seasonal variations of the thermal and moisture properties of air masses. The impact is best expressed by circulation types as these combine the aspect of cyclonicity/anticyclonicity with that of the direction of air advection, the two elements which determine the physical properties of the air. On average, liquid precipitation prevailed in all circulation types, except the Ea type in which snowfall dominated over liquid precipitation. Depending on the season, one of the three types of circulation, Wa, Wc and Bc, were shown to coincide with the greatest amount of liquid and thunderstorm precipitation. There was no single dominant circulation type for mixed precipitation or snowfall. In summer, the circulation types Nc, NEc, Cc and Bc were the most favourable to liquid and thunderstorm precipitation in terms of both probability and totals. In winter, snowfall was the most favoured by the Ec type. Frontal precipitation was twice as likely to occur as air mass precipitation, with the exception of snowfall which was predominantly an air mass type of precipitation in terms of probability, but its greatest totals were recorded on atmospheric fronts.
- Record ID
- USLa922817d6a3348b584bb2307af2834ec
- Author
- Journal series
- Theoretical and Applied Climatology, ISSN 0177-798X, e-ISSN 1434-4483
- Issue year
- 2011
- Vol
- 104
- No
- 1
- Pages
- 233-250
- Keywords in English
- atmospheric circulation; precipitation; Kraków
- DOI
- DOI:10.1007/s00704-010-0340-5 Opening in a new tab
- Handle.net URL
- hdl.handle.net/20.500.12128/10463 Opening in a new tab
- URL
- https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s00704-010-0340-5.pdf?pdf=button Opening in a new tab
- Language
- eng (en) English
- File
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- File: 1
- The influence of atmospheric circulation on the type of precipitation (Kraków, southern Poland), File Twardosz_The_influence_of_atmospheric_circulation.pdf / 1 MB
- Twardosz_The_influence_of_atmospheric_circulation.pdf
- publication date: 06-02-2024
- The influence of atmospheric circulation on the type of precipitation (Kraków, southern Poland), File Twardosz_The_influence_of_atmospheric_circulation.pdf / 1 MB
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- Score (nominal)
- 10
- Score source
- BIBLIOGRAFIA DOROBKU PRACOWNIKÓW UŚ
- Publication indicators
- Citation count
- 49
- Uniform Resource Identifier
- https://opus.us.edu.pl/info/article/USLa922817d6a3348b584bb2307af2834ec/
- URN
urn:uni-kat-prod:USLa922817d6a3348b584bb2307af2834ec
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