<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>In mountain areas, air circulation plays a major role in the forming of the climate. This paper examines how it influences thermal stress in the northern Carpathians. The Niedźwiedź’s classification of air circulation was applied. Thermal stress was assessed by Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI). Daily meteorological and circulation data for the period 1986–2015 were used for 20 stations in Poland, Slovakia and Ukraine. Air circulation was found to have a significant impact on thermal stress. The highest UTCI values are observed at Ca+Ka (centre of the high and anticyclonic wedge or ridge of high pressure) and the lowest values at N+NE and W+NW circulation; at the Southward stations, UTCI is higher than in the Northward ones; thermoneutral days are more frequent on the southward than on the northward slopes; during N+NE, E+SE and W+NW circulation and for heat stress days, the greatest thermal privilege of the southward slopes is observed at E+SE, S+SW, Ca+Ka and Cc+Bc (centre of low and through of low pressure) types of circulation.</p></abstract>

In mountain areas, air circulation plays a major role in the forming of the climate. This paper examines how it influences thermal stress in the northern Carpathians. The Niedźwiedź’s classification of air circulation was applied. Thermal stress was assessed by Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI). Daily meteorological and circulation data for the period 1986–2015 were used for 20 stations in Poland, Slovakia and Ukraine. Air circulation was found to have a significant impact on thermal stress. The highest UTCI values are observed at Ca+Ka (centre of the high and anticyclonic wedge or ridge of high pressure) and the lowest values at N+NE and W+NW circulation; at the Southward stations, UTCI is higher than in the Northward ones; thermoneutral days are more frequent on the southward than on the northward slopes; during N+NE, E+SE and W+NW circulation and for heat stress days, the greatest thermal privilege of the southward slopes is observed at E+SE, S+SW, Ca+Ka and Cc+Bc (centre of low and through of low pressure) types of circulation.

Thermal stress in the northern Carpathians and air circulation

Miscellanea Geographica

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In mountain areas, air circulation plays a major role in the forming of the climate. This paper examines how it influences thermal stress in the northern...

Thermal stress in the northern Carpathians and air circulation

Published Online: Jul 31, 2020

Page range: 147 - 160

Received: Mar 30, 2020

Accepted: Jun 29, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgrsd-2020-0022

Keywords
Northern Carpathians, thermal stress, UTCI, air circulation

© 2020 Błażejczyk Krzysztof, Nejedlik Pavol, Skrynyk Oleh, Halaś Agnieszka, Skrynyk Olesya, Baranowski Jarosław, Mikulova Katarina, published by Sciendo

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

Thermal stress in the northern Carpathians and air circulation

Published Online: Jul 31, 2020

Page range: 147 - 160

Received: Mar 30, 2020

Accepted: Jun 29, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgrsd-2020-0022

KeywordsNorthern Carpathians, thermal stress, UTCI, air circulation

© 2020 Błażejczyk Krzysztof, Nejedlik Pavol, Skrynyk Oleh, Halaś Agnieszka, Skrynyk Olesya, Baranowski Jarosław, Mikulova Katarina, published by Sciendo

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

Keywords
Northern Carpathians, thermal stress, UTCI, air circulation