scholarly journals Determinants of change in the duration of ice phenomena on the Vistula River in Toruń

2015 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bogusław Pawłowski
Keyword(s):  
Winter Season ◽  
Ice Cover ◽  
Anthropogenic Factors ◽  
River Engineering ◽  
Vistula River ◽  
Ice Regime ◽  
The City ◽  
Natural And Anthropogenic Factors ◽  
Ice Phenomena

Abstract Winter season temperatures are becoming warmer. However, the transformation of the ice regime on the Vistula River in Toruń has also been affected by river engineering. In particular, the construction and operation of the Włocławek Dam had a significant impact on ice processes. The article presents the results of an analysis determining the contribution of natural and anthropogenic factors to the duration of ice phenomena and ice cover on the Vistula River in the city of Toruń. Compared to the end of the nineteenth century, there has been a reduction in the duration of ice phenomena from 88 to 53 days and of ice cover from 40 to 7 days (in the period of 1882-2011). The article compares the duration of ice cover and winter temperature in three different periods: before the completion of river engineering works (1882-1907); for the controlled river (1908-1969), and for the controlled river with the Włocławek Dam upstream of Toruń (1970-2011). The results showed a significant role of these anthropogenic factors in the changes of the ice cover duration on the Vistula River in Toruń.

scholarly journals Long-Term Variability in the Course of Ice Phenomena on the Vistula River in Toruń

2009 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bogusław Pawłowski
Keyword(s):  
Water Management ◽  
Middle Ages ◽  
Ice Cover ◽  
Data Series ◽  
Vistula River ◽  
Winter Temperatures ◽  
Ice Regime ◽  
River Control ◽  
Ice Phenomena

Abstract Our first information of ice cover on the Vistula River in Poland dates from the Middle Ages. However, only since the 19th century have continuous observations been available. This study makes use of a data series, obtained mainly from IMGW (Institute of Meteorology and Water Management), covering the years 1861-2003 for ice phenomena and 1814-2003 for ice cover. Considerable shortening has been observed in the duration of both ice phenomena (from 60-120 days to 30-80 days) and ice cover (from 40-100 days to 20-60 days). These trends correspond well with the trend in winter temperatures becoming warmer. However, the transformation of the ice regime on the Vistula River in Toruń has also been affected by the river control, the construction and operation of the Włocławek Dam and (to a lesser degree than at Korzeniewo) icebreaking activities.

scholarly journals The ice regime of Lake Ostrzyckie (Kashubian Lakeland, northern Poland)

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 105-112
Author(s):  
Katarzyna Barańczuk ◽  
Jacek Barańczuk
Keyword(s):  
Air Temperature ◽  
Meteorological Data ◽  
Winter Season ◽  
Ice Cover ◽  
Lake Ice ◽  
Duration Time ◽  
Northern Poland ◽  
Freezing Period ◽  
Ice Regime ◽  
Ice Phenomena

Abstract The article presents the ice phenology of Lake Ostrzyckie, which is a water body covering an area of 308 ha located in the central part of the Kashubian Lakeland, northern Poland. The analysis presented in the article is based on data from daily ice phenomena monitoring for the period of 1971–2010. Data including forms of lake ice, as well as the thickness of the ice cover were obtained from the Institute of Meteorology and Water. In order to present relations between the ice phenomena and air temperature the meteorological data from the Gdańsk University Limnological Station in Borucino were used. The article presents changes in the duration time of the ice seasons and changes in the ice cover duration time in relation to winter season (November–April) temperatures. The structure of the ice phenomena duration period observed on Lake Ostrzyckie consists of three different stages of ice cover formation. 94% of this time the lake is covered by permanent ice cover, the freezing period takes about 5%, and the break-up takes only 1% of the ice phenomena duration period. In general the ice phenomena in the lake can occur only in the years when the average air temperature in the winter is lower than 5.0°C, whereas the permanent ice cover is created when the average air temperature of the winter season is lower than 4.8°C. The maximum thickness of the ice cover is usually 23 cm, and the average is 14 cm.

scholarly journals Variability and course of occurrence of ice cover on selected lakes of the Gnieźnieńskie Lakeland (Central Poland) in the period 1976–2015

2018 ◽  
Vol 44 ◽  
pp. 00126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bogumił Nowak ◽  
Dominik Nowak ◽  
Mariusz Ptak
Keyword(s):  
Air Temperature ◽  
Ice Cover ◽  
Maximum Thickness ◽  
Central Poland ◽  
Winter Half ◽  
Ice Regime ◽  
Ice Phenomena

The paper presents the analysis of the course of ice phenomena on four lakes (Lednica, Żnińskie Duże, Biskupińskie, Powidzkie) in central Poland in the period 1976–2015. The obtained results show changes in their ice regime that occurred over the last 40 years. An advance of the term of decline of ice cover was determined (by 2.5 day·dec-1on average for all lakes), as well as a reduction of duration of ice cover (by 4.4 day·dec-1 on average for all lakes), and a decrease in its maximum thickness (by 2 cm·dec-1 on average for all lakes). Such a situation should be associated with the observed warming, as confirmed by the course of air temperature for station Gniezno, where in the period of the winter half-year (November-April), an increase in temperature was recorded by 0.37°C·dec-1.

scholarly journals Conditions of spatiotemporal variability of the thickness of the ice cover on lakes in the Tatra Mountains

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (10) ◽  
pp. 2369-2386
Author(s):  
Maksymilian Solarski ◽  
Mirosław Szumny
Keyword(s):  
Snow Cover ◽  
Winter Season ◽  
Ice Cover ◽  
Spatiotemporal Variability ◽  
Ice Thickness ◽  
Tatra Mountains ◽  
Cover Thickness ◽  
The Tatra Mountains ◽  
The Impact

Abstract This research aimed to identify the impact of local climatic and topographic conditions on the formation and development of the ice cover in high-mountain lakes and the representativeness assessment of periodic point measurements of the ice cover thickness by taking into consideration the role of the avalanches on the icing of the lakes. Field works included measurement of the ice and snow cover thickness of seven lakes situated in the Tatra Mountains (UNESCO biosphere reserve) at the beginning and the end of the 2017/2018 winter season. In addition, morphometric, topographic and daily meteorological data of lakes from local IMGW (Polish Institute of Meteorology and Water Management) stations and satellite images were used. The obtained results enabled us to quantify the impact of the winter eolian snow accumulation on the variation in ice thickness. This variation was ranging from several centimetres up to about 2 meters and had a tendency to increase during the winter season. The thickest ice covers occurred in the most shaded places in the direct vicinity of rock walls. The obtained results confirm a dominating role of the snow cover in the variation of the ice thickness within individual lakes.

Stratigraphic Analysis of Weathering Crusts from the Historic Bastion of San Pedro, Campeche (XVIII century)

2014 ◽  
Vol 1618 ◽  
pp. 233-240
Author(s):  
Isabel Silva-León ◽  
Javier Reyes ◽  
Tezozomoc Pérez ◽  
Elia Alonso ◽  
P. Bartolo Pérez
Keyword(s):  
San Francisco ◽  
Masonry Structure ◽  
The Other ◽  
Anthropogenic Factors ◽  
Major Consequence ◽  
Stratigraphic Analysis ◽  
San Pedro ◽  
Analysis System ◽  
The City ◽  
Natural And Anthropogenic Factors

ABSTRACTThe Bastion of San Pedro is part of the defensive infrastructure projected by Spanish colonizers in San Francisco de Campeche City, in order to protect the city and their inhabitants from pirates who ravaged the region during the XVIth and XIXth centuries. The bastion is a masonry structure built by using calcareous materials according the Spanish procedures from the edge. Since its construction, it has been under the synergetic interaction of natural and anthropogenic factors that promote degradation. In this study optical microscopy (MO) and scanning electron microscopy coupled to a dispersive analysis system (SEM/EDS) were used in order to analyze the stratigraphic profile of mortar weathered samples collected from walls of the Bastion of San Pedro. According the results, the samples were formed by three substrata: an upper external layer in contact with the environment (100 to 300 µm), the other one is an inner layer with thickness around 100 to 400 µm. The last substrate was formed by the mortar matrix composed by elements such as C, O, Ca, Si and Al, that indicate their mineral origin. By the other hand, it is important to note that the upper layer contained higher proportion of C respect to the other layers. It is probably major consequence of biomass encrustation rather that atmospheric pollution according to the particular environmental conditions surrounding the building.

scholarly journals Natural and anthropogenic influences on ice formation on various water bodies of the Silesian Upland (southern Poland)

2011 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maksymilian Solarski ◽  
Alicja Pradela ◽  
Mariusz Rzętała
Keyword(s):  
Winter Season ◽  
Field Measurements ◽  
Ice Cover ◽  
Water Bodies ◽  
Ice Formation ◽  
Anthropogenic Influences ◽  
Freezing And Thawing ◽  
Southern Poland ◽  
Great Danger ◽  
Ice Phenomena

Natural and anthropogenic influences on ice formation on various water bodies of the Silesian Upland (southern Poland)The aim of the study was to identify patterns of ice-related phenomena on 39 selected anthropogenic water bodies in the Silesian Upland in southern Poland. The core research was conducted in the winter season of 2009/2010, between December and March. Field measurements and observations were conducted every two days during the freezing and thawing phases and every four days at the time of continuous ice cover. Data were interpolated to cover days without observations. Differences in the ice cover phenology on these water bodies were caused by natural conditions (morphometric and hydro-meteorological) and human activity (thermal pollution). Two principal groups of anthropogenic water bodies were identified in terms of the ice phenomena: lakes and ponds with a natural or quasi-natural pattern of ice phenomena and water bodies featuring various degrees of human impact. The thickness of the ice-cover was found to vary, which was a source of great danger to the users of the water bodies in the winter season.

scholarly journals The ice regime of Lake Raduńskie Górne (Kashubian Lakeland, northern Poland)

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 61-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacek Barańczuk ◽  
Elżbieta Bajkiewicz-Grabowska ◽  
Katarzyna Barańczuk ◽  
Wojciech Staszek
Keyword(s):  
Air Temperature ◽  
Ice Cover ◽  
Ice Dynamics ◽  
Winter Half ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Ice Regime ◽  
Cover Thickness ◽  
Ice Phenomena ◽  
Ice Phenology

AbstractThe paper presents assessment results of the ice dynamics on Lake Raduńskie Górne (Upper Radunia Lake) based on long-term observations of the course of ice phenomena. Interannual changes in lake ice phenology parameters (freeze-onset, ice-on, freeze duration, melt-onset, permanent ice cover duration, ice-off, melt duration) in the years 1961–2010 are discussed. In addition, the ice cover thickness was taken into consideration. The analysed parameters of ice phenology were compared to each other as well as to the mean air and water temperatures of the winter half-year (November–April). The main periods of the ice regime of the lake have been determined and described. The permanent ice cover constitutes on average 79%, freeze-up period 13%, and break-up period 8% of the whole time of ice phenomena. It was shown that the weather parameters crucial for ice formation are the mean air and surface water temperatures. On Lake Raduńskie Górne the ice phenomena can only occur when mean air temperature in the winter half-year, at Borucino wheather station, is lower than 4.9°C, and water temperature (at a depth of 0.4 m) is lower than 5.7°C. In turn permanent ice cover is created when the mean air temperature of the winter half-year is lower than 3.9°C. The maximum and mean ice cover thickness on Lake Raduńskie Górne ranged, respectively, from 0.5 to 50 cm, and from 0.5 to 38.3 cm. These parameters were strongly positively correlated (r = 0.87–0.88, p <0.05) with the duration of the ice cover period.

scholarly journals Hydrography and hydrochemistry of the transboundary river Western Bug on the territory of Ukraine

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 232-243 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Khilchevskyi ◽  
M. Zabokrytska ◽  
N. Sherstyuk
Keyword(s):  
Water Flow ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Small Rivers ◽  
Anthropogenic Factors ◽  
Drainage Basins ◽  
Ion Flow ◽  
River Waters ◽  
Left Tributary ◽  
The City

The analysis of the hydrographic network of the Western Bug basin on the territory of Ukraine. This basin is estimated according to the requirements of the EUWater Framework Directive and has 2,044 rivers. Classification of the rivers of the Western Bug by area of drainage basins has shown the following results: in this basin within Ukraine there is one very big river, in fact this is the Western Bug itself. There are also three large rivers – Poltva, Rata and Luha. There are also 30 medium and 2,010 small rivers (among which 1,966 rivers have a length of less than 10 km). Theleading role of natural factors in the formation of the hydrocarbonate-calcium ion composition of the river waters of the Western Bug basin is determined. The content of the main ions and the salinity of the river waters are distin- guished by a sufficiently clear seasonal character: a decrease in the spring flood and an increase in the low water level (mineralization of the water of the Western Bug – 497-573 mg/l). Mineralization of the Poltva River (the left tributary of the Western Bug), located in the same natural conditions, is significantly different: in the area of the city of Lviv (the upper reaches of the Poltva River), it reaches 784-871 mg/l, and at the estuary of the river (Busk city, at the confluence of the Western Bug) is slightly reduced - 613-670 mg/l, while in the chemical type of water, sulfates and chlorides appear. This situation is explained by the discharge of sewage from the city of Lviv into the Poltva River. In the regime of nutrients, microelements, and also specific pollutants in the water of the West Bug, no general regularities in their seasonal variations were found, which is associated with the significant idiosyncratic character of the influence of anthropogenic factors on the formation of their concentrations. We estimated the balance of substances, both natural and anthropogenic, which are carried out with the waters of the Western Bug from the territory of Ukraine (93%), as well as from the territory of Poland (7%) to the border with Belarus. The comparative methodological approach allowed us to make a quantitative assessment of the significant influence of the Poltva River on the formation of the chemical composition of the water of the Western Bug, especially in its upper part. The share of Poltva's water flow when it flows into the Western Bug is 58% of its water flow. At the same time, the share of the total ion flow is higher – 66%. The share of the discharge of individual principal ions reaches: 76% (Cl-),87% (Mg2 +) and 98% (SO4 2-). For nitrogen, this figure is 68%, for phosphates – up to 80%.

scholarly journals Geomorphic Hazard Map for Spatial Planning Purposes

2004 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
T Taryono
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Local Environment ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Anthropogenic Factors ◽  
Hazard Map ◽  
Thematic Map ◽  
Living Space ◽  
Natural And Anthropogenic Factors ◽  
Geomorphologic Hazard

In the planning of spatial lay-out oriented to environmental concept, it requires the information input conneting with the condition of local environment. This condition constitutes the features characteristic of the living space which consist of natural and social environment. One of the natural environment elements, neede to the spatial lay-out planning, is the dynamis geomorphology. The process of the dynami is some times accelerated and increased by natural and anthropogenic factors. The abnormality in both acceleration and the increase will cause a natural disaster, which is based on the landscape approach it is called the geomorphologic hazard. In connection with such event thematic map of geomorphologic hazard describes the disaster susceptibility of an area. The geomorphologic hazard map is an output map whose information is obtainable from thematic map conneting with population, land use, topography, geomorphology, rainfall, hydrological data, and slope classification. Both land use and population maps desccribes the anthropogenic factors. The role of the geomorphologic hazard map, in the planning of spatial lay-out and environmental management, i.e. preventive, represive, rehabilitative, and serves as the basis for interpretation and management of living spere. By putting geomorphologic hazard into map compilation of spatial lay-out (cultural and non cultural area map) a footstep advance is the reached to guarantee human security and their treasures, and human well-being as an integral part of human living prosperity.

scholarly journals Changes in the course of ice phenomena on Morskie Oko in the Tatra Mountains from 1963 to 2012 and the implications for tourism

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 167-173 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bogusław Pawłowski
Keyword(s):  
Ice Cover ◽  
Practical Aspect ◽  
Reference Period ◽  
Detailed Data ◽  
Tatra Mountains ◽  
Ice Regime ◽  
The Tatra Mountains ◽  
Ice Phenomena

AbstractThe article presents changes in the course of ice phenomena on Lake Morskie Oko over 50 years. It comprises detailed data of the course of the main parameters of ice regime of the lake in the years 1963–1970. Such a reference period yielded substantial differences in the obtained values of trends in comparison with the period 1971–2010, which is most common in literature. The trends obtained differed substantially from those describing the years 1971–2010, and the change in the parameters – scaled to a year of the analysed period – was about half the size. Attention was also drawn to the practical aspect of the changes in the duration and thickness of ice cover on the lake. In the years 1963–2012 the period of safe movement on the frozen lake was reduced by only 10 days.

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