Beskydy 2017, 10, 113-122
Temperature conditions at the mountain study site of Bílý Kříž (the Beskids Mts.) during the past 20 years
Global climate change (including temperature changes) had already observable effects on the environment and humanity. Air temperature characteristics have been observed at the mountain study site of Bílý Kříž (the Beskids Mts., Czech Republic) since 1989. This paper presents an analysis of long-term (1997–2016) air temperature conditions at this study. Comparison is made of selected long-term mean air temperature characteristics with mean air temperature characteristics for the period 1997–2016. The results show slightly increasing air temperature, as indicated not only by values for mean annual air temperature but also by changes in number of extreme days (summer, tropical, ice, etc.) and occurrence of hot period. Moreover, the length of the growth season has increase slightly.
Keywords
annual air temperature, minimum and maximum air temperature, hot periods, ice and freezing days, summer and tropical days, growth season.
Funding
This work was supported by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic within the programme INTER-EXCELENCE (INTER-COST), grant No. LTC17007 and by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic within the National Sustainability Program I (NPU I), grant number LO1415.
