Title: Assessment of precipitation conditions in the Polish zone of the South-Baltic Coastland

Authors: KALBARCZYK, E., KALBARCZYK, R.

Keywords: standardized precipitation index, trend, identification, north-western Poland

Abstract: The goal of the work was to assess precipitation conditions in the Polish zone of the South-Baltic Coastland taking into consideration multi-annual variability. Meteorological data from 8 stations of the Institute of Meteorology and Water Management (IMGW) situated in the Polish zone of the South-Baltic Coastland covering seasonal and yearly atmospheric precipitation totals in the years 1963-2007 constituted the material for the research. Precipitation was classified on the basis of the standardized precipitation index (SPI). The lowest total precipitation occurred in the vicinity of the Szczecin Lagoon, the Pomeranian Bay and the Gdańsk Bay, the largest precipitation was observed on the Koszalińskie Coastland. In the Polish zone of the South-Baltic Coastland one can observe the prevalence of frequency of moderately wet and severely wet seasons, compared to moderately dry and severely dry seasons. On the other hand, during half of the seasons extremely dry conditions occur more often than extremely wet conditions. The only significant trend, a positive one, was statistically confirmed for the yearly precipitation total in Resko; and the significant positive trends for the seasonal precipitation total – in Świnoujście and Szczecin in summer, in Gdańsk – in spring and in Elbląg, Koszalin and Resko – in winter.

APA style references: Kalbarczyk, E. & Kalbarczyk, R. (2010). Assessment of precipitation conditions in the Polish zone of the South-Baltic Coastland. Scientific Review Engineering and Environmental Sciences, 19 (2), 23-34.

APA style citation in text: The first time citation in text: (Kalbarczyk & Kalbarczyk, 2010), next citation: (Kalbarczyk & Kalbarczyk, 2010)

Chicago style references: Kalbarczyk, Eliza, Robert Kalbarczyk. "Assessment of precipitation conditions in the Polish zone of the South-Baltic Coastland." Scientific Review Engineering and Environmental Sciences, 48 ser., vol. 19, no 2, (2010): 23-34.

Chicago style citation in text: (Kalbarczyk, and Kalbarczyk 2010)

Bibtxt style references: @article{Kalbarczyk_Kalbarczyk_2010_PNIKS, author={Kalbarczyk, Eliza and Kalbarczyk, Robert}, title={Assessment of precipitation conditions in the Polish zone of the South-Baltic Coastland.}, journal={Scientific Review Engineering and Environmental Sciences}, URL={http://iks_pn.sggw.pl/PN48/A2/art2.pdf}, year={2010}, volume={19 (2)}, number={48}, pages={23-34}}

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