<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The article presents the results of the analysis of precipitation in Poland associated with cyclones moving from the Mediterranean Sea to East-Central Europe (Mediterranean Cyclonal Precipitation - MCP). The MCP accounts for about 10% of the total amount of precipitation in Poland. Average daily sum of MCP constitutes approximately 150% of daily amount of all precipitation in Poland. The MCP amount reaches its maxima at the end of April and in the mid-August. The highest MCP occurs in the Carpathians and the Sudetes as well as over stripes of land extending northward and covering the central-western and eastern parts of the country. In the years 1958-2008, the mean annual MCP was characterized by a significant decreasing trend - the MCP sum reduced by 29 mm, i.e. ca. 42% of its multiannual value.</p></abstract>

The article presents the results of the analysis of precipitation in Poland associated with cyclones moving from the Mediterranean Sea to East-Central Europe (Mediterranean Cyclonal Precipitation - MCP). The MCP accounts for about 10% of the total amount of precipitation in Poland. Average daily sum of MCP constitutes approximately 150% of daily amount of all precipitation in Poland. The MCP amount reaches its maxima at the end of April and in the mid-August. The highest MCP occurs in the Carpathians and the Sudetes as well as over stripes of land extending northward and covering the central-western and eastern parts of the country. In the years 1958-2008, the mean annual MCP was characterized by a significant decreasing trend - the MCP sum reduced by 29 mm, i.e. ca. 42% of its multiannual value.

Precipitation of the Mediterranean Origin in Poland – Its Seasonal and Long-Term Variability

Department of Physical Geography, Faculty of Geographical Sciences, University of Łódź, Poland

Institute of Forest Sciences, Branch of the University of Łódź in Tomaszów Mazowiecki, Poland

Quaestiones Geographicae

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The article presents the results of the analysis of precipitation in Poland associated with cyclones moving from the Mediterranean Sea to East-Central Europe...

Precipitation of the Mediterranean Origin in Poland – Its Seasonal and Long-Term Variability

Published Online: Mar 31, 2015

Page range: 37 - 53

Received: Oct 29, 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/quageo-2015-0004

Keywords
Mediterranean precipitation, seasonality, long-term changes, Poland

© Faculty of Geographical and Geological Sciences, Adam Mickiewicz University

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Precipitation of the Mediterranean Origin in Poland – Its Seasonal and Long-Term Variability

Published Online: Mar 31, 2015

Page range: 37 - 53

Received: Oct 29, 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/quageo-2015-0004

KeywordsMediterranean precipitation, seasonality, long-term changes, Poland

© Faculty of Geographical and Geological Sciences, Adam Mickiewicz University

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Mediterranean precipitation, seasonality, long-term changes, Poland