Regional climate change: Precipitation variability in mountainous part of Bulgaria
The aim of paper is to analyze temporal and spatial changes in monthly precipitation as well as extremely dry and wet months in mountainous part of Bulgaria. Study precipitation variability in mountainous part is very important because this part is the region where the rivers take its source from. E...
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Geographical Institute "Jovan Cvijić" SASA
2007-01-01
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| description | The aim of paper is to analyze temporal and spatial changes in monthly precipitation as well as extremely dry and wet months in mountainous part of Bulgaria. Study precipitation variability in mountainous part is very important because this part is the region where the rivers take its source from. Extreme values of monthly precipitation are important information for better understanding of the whole variability and trends in precipitation time series. The mean investigated period is 1951-2005 and the reference period is so called temporary climate - 1961- 1990. Extreme dry precipitation months are defined as a month whose monthly precipitation is lower than 10% of gamma distribution in the reference period 1961-1990. Extreme wet months are determined with respect to 90% percentiles of gamma distribution (monthly precipitation is higher than 90%). The result of the research show that in mountainous part of Bulgaria during 1950s and 1960s number of extremely wet months is higher than number of dry months. Decreasing of monthly precipitation is a feature for 1980s. This dry period continues till 2004. The years 2000 makes impression as driest year in high mountains with about 7 extremely dry months. The second dry year is 1993. The negative precipitation anomaly is most clearly determined during last decade at study area. The present research points out that fluctuation of precipitation in mountainous part of Bulgaria are coinciding with regional and global climate trends. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-59bb9a533e8f417d9c2ac600c2f22a7b2023-12-02T03:23:58ZengGeographical Institute "Jovan Cvijić" SASAZbornik Radova: Geografski institut "Jovan Cvijić"0350-75991821-28082007-01-01200757798610.2298/IJGI0757079NRegional climate change: Precipitation variability in mountainous part of BulgariaNikolova NinaThe aim of paper is to analyze temporal and spatial changes in monthly precipitation as well as extremely dry and wet months in mountainous part of Bulgaria. Study precipitation variability in mountainous part is very important because this part is the region where the rivers take its source from. Extreme values of monthly precipitation are important information for better understanding of the whole variability and trends in precipitation time series. The mean investigated period is 1951-2005 and the reference period is so called temporary climate - 1961- 1990. Extreme dry precipitation months are defined as a month whose monthly precipitation is lower than 10% of gamma distribution in the reference period 1961-1990. Extreme wet months are determined with respect to 90% percentiles of gamma distribution (monthly precipitation is higher than 90%). The result of the research show that in mountainous part of Bulgaria during 1950s and 1960s number of extremely wet months is higher than number of dry months. Decreasing of monthly precipitation is a feature for 1980s. This dry period continues till 2004. The years 2000 makes impression as driest year in high mountains with about 7 extremely dry months. The second dry year is 1993. The negative precipitation anomaly is most clearly determined during last decade at study area. The present research points out that fluctuation of precipitation in mountainous part of Bulgaria are coinciding with regional and global climate trends.http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0350-7599/2007/0350-75990757079N.pdfmonthly precipitationseasonal precipitationextremely dry and wet months |
| spellingShingle | Nikolova Nina Regional climate change: Precipitation variability in mountainous part of Bulgaria Zbornik Radova: Geografski institut "Jovan Cvijić" monthly precipitation seasonal precipitation extremely dry and wet months |
| title | Regional climate change: Precipitation variability in mountainous part of Bulgaria |
| title_full | Regional climate change: Precipitation variability in mountainous part of Bulgaria |
| title_fullStr | Regional climate change: Precipitation variability in mountainous part of Bulgaria |
| title_full_unstemmed | Regional climate change: Precipitation variability in mountainous part of Bulgaria |
| title_short | Regional climate change: Precipitation variability in mountainous part of Bulgaria |
| title_sort | regional climate change precipitation variability in mountainous part of bulgaria |
| topic | monthly precipitation seasonal precipitation extremely dry and wet months |
| url | http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0350-7599/2007/0350-75990757079N.pdf |
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