Bioclimatic Conditions of June 2019 in Poland on a Multi-Year Background (1966–2019)

The study objective was to characterise human-biometeorological conditions in the summer season in the period 1966–2019 in Poland, with particular consideration of June 2019. The study was conducted based on data from the Institute of Meteorology and Water Management—National Research Institute (IMGW–PIB) for the years 1966–2019. The data provided the basis for the calculation of the Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI). The study revealed high spatial variability of human-biometeorological conditions in Poland, with strenuous character intensifying from the north to the south of the country. An increase in UTCI in the summer season was recorded in the studied multi-annual period. It was the most intensive in the north-eastern Poland. The consequence of the observed changes was an increase in the frequency of days with heat stress categories (days with UTCI > 26.0 °C), and a decrease in the frequency of days with cold stress categories (days with UTCI < 9.0 °C). Season 2019 stood out at the scale of the entire country in the context of the multi-annual period. This particularly concerns June, when mean monthly UTCI values were the highest in the analysed multi-annual period.

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The evaluation of biothermal conditions for various forms of climatic therapy based on UTCI adjusted for activity

Geographia Polonica ◽

10.7163/gpol.0199 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 94 (2) ◽

pp. 167-182

Author(s):

Katarzyna Lindner-Cendrowska ◽

Peter Bröde

Keyword(s):

Physical Activities ◽

Climate Index ◽

Metabolic Rates ◽

Universal Thermal Climate Index ◽

Vigorous Exercise ◽

Adjustment Procedure ◽

Level Of Activity ◽

Thermal Climate ◽

Health Resorts ◽

Bioclimatic Conditions

The objective of this study was to assess biothermal conditions in the selected Polish health resorts for specific forms of climatic therapy. We calculated Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI) for ten-year period (2008- 2017) and then added adjustment terms, taking into account changes in metabolic rates during various physical activities from resting to vigorous exercise. The adjusted UTCI values increased with rising activity, implying that warmer parts of the year were unsuitable for intensive forms of climatotherapy. These results demonstrate that the UTCI adjustment procedure provides well-balanced assessments of bioclimatic conditions for the purpose of climatic treatment considering the level of activity

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Bioclimatic Conditions of Paris, Rome and Budapest on the Basis of the Universal Thermal Climate Index

Miscellanea Geographica ◽

10.2478/mgrsd-2010-0010 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 14 (1) ◽

pp. 103-109 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Danuta Idzikowska

Keyword(s):

Thermal Stress ◽

Cold Stress ◽

Extreme Values ◽

Climate Index ◽

Universal Thermal Climate Index ◽

European Cities ◽

Thermal Climate ◽

Extreme Cold ◽

Bioclimatic Conditions ◽

One Way Anova

Abstract The aim of this study was to examine the main features of the bioclimatic conditions of three European cities using a new Universal Thermal Climate Index. Daily values of meteorological variables for 12 UTC for the cities for 1990-2001 were used in the study. Using the frequency of UTCI and one-way Anova, the results showed that in all the three cities “no thermal stress” dominated throughout the year. “Extreme” values of heat as well as “cold stress” were observed but in none of the cities “extreme cold stress” occurred. The values of UTCI differed for all the three cities in each studied year. The cities differed from each other in each month during the whole year with the exception of spring - March and April.

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Bioclimatic conditions of Lublin based on the Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI)

Miscellanea Geographica ◽

10.2478/mgrsd-2020-0025 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 24 (3) ◽

pp. 118-127

Author(s):

Mateusz Dobek ◽

Sylwester Wereski ◽

Agnieszka Krzyżewska

Keyword(s):

Heat Stress ◽

Cold Stress ◽

Climate Index ◽

Human Organism ◽

Universal Thermal Climate Index ◽

Thermal Climate ◽

Bioclimatic Conditions

AbstractThe objective of this paper is to describe bioclimatic conditions in Lublin and Radawiec in the period 1976–2015 using the UTCI index. The paper shows that in Lublin and Radawiec, the most frequent biometeorological conditions caused no heat stress and were neutral for the human organism. At the analysed stations, biometeorological conditions causing cold stress occurred more frequently than those causing heat stress. Biometeorological conditions in the analysed period were characterised by high year-to-year variability. We observed that in recent years there was an increase in frequency of conditions favouring heat stress and a decrease in conditions favouring cold stress.

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Using the Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI) for the assessment of bioclimatic conditions in Russia

International Journal of Biometeorology ◽

10.1007/s00484-020-01901-4 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

V. Vinogradova

Keyword(s):

Climate Index ◽

Universal Thermal Climate Index ◽

Thermal Climate ◽

Bioclimatic Conditions

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Reduktion von Hitzestress und Überflutungen im urbanen Raum durch Nutzung von Synergien bei Anpassungsmaßnahmen an den Klimawandel

10.5194/dkt-12-19 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Alrun Jasper-Tönnies ◽

Yannick Back ◽

Peter Bach ◽

Wolfgang Rauch ◽

Thomas Einfalt ◽

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Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

New York ◽

Climate Index ◽

Universal Thermal Climate Index ◽

Intergovernmental Panel ◽

Revision Process ◽

Cambridge University ◽

Thermal Climate ◽

Bioclimatic Conditions ◽

Total Environment

Unsere St&#228;dte sind kontinuierlichen Ver&#228;nderungen unterworfen. Das Bev&#246;lkerungswachstum f&#252;hrt zu einem steigenden Bedarf an Wohn-, Gewerbe- und Verkehrsfl&#228;chen und damit zu voranschreitender Versiegelung von nat&#252;rlichen Fl&#228;chen. Durch den Klimawandel sind unter anderem vermehrt auftretende Starkniederschl&#228;ge, aber auch l&#228;ngere Trockenperioden und Hitzewellen zu erwarten (z.B. IPCC, 2014). Somit sehen sich St&#228;dte in naher Zukunft gro&#223;en Herausforderungen ausgesetzt. Gleichzeitig sind Ressourcen f&#252;r Anpassungsma&#223;nahmen begrenzt, und Fl&#228;chen, die f&#252;r Anpassungsma&#223;nahmen ben&#246;tigt w&#252;rden, stehen unter hoher Nutzungskonkurrenz. Vor diesem Hintergrund r&#252;cken Anpassungsma&#223;nahmen in den Vordergrund, die einen mehrfachen Nutzen aufweisen, wie dezentrale Entw&#228;sserungsma&#223;nahmen. Durch die Behandlung von Niederschlagswasser direkt vor Ort k&#246;nnen gleichzeitig Gr&#252;nfl&#228;chen und Schattenpl&#228;tze geschaffen, sowie Infiltration, Evapotranspiration und die Speicherung von Wasser gesteigert werden. Neben einer Entlastung des st&#228;dtischen Abwassersystems kommt es damit auch zu einer Verbesserung des urbanen Mikroklimas und zu einer Minderung von Hitzeinseln. Die Auswirkung dezentraler Entw&#228;sserungssysteme auf das urbane Mikroklima wurde hier am Beispiel der Stadt Innsbruck n&#228;her untersucht. Zuk&#252;nftige Klima&#228;nderungen wurden anhand von Beobachtungsdaten und regionalen Klimaprojektionen aus EURO-CORDEX/ReKliEs unter Ber&#252;cksichtigung verschiedener RCP-Szenarien (Abb. 1, 2) abgesch&#228;tzt. Indikatoren wie der Universal Thermal Climate Index wurden mittels eines vereinfachten Ansatzes in Abh&#228;ngigkeit von lokalen Standorteigenschaften in einem GIS (Geoinformationssystem) simuliert (Back et al., 2020). Dieser Ansatz dient der Analyse urbaner Hitze auf mehreren Ma&#223;stabsebenen und kann unter Ber&#252;cksichtigung verschiedener RCP-Szenarien durchgef&#252;hrt werden (Abb. 3). Eine Koppelung dieses Ansatzes mit einem Ansatz nach Simperler et al. (2018), zur Differenzierung st&#228;dtischer Strukturtypen und ihrer Potenziale und Einschr&#228;nkungen f&#252;r die dezentrale Niederschlagswasserbehandlung, soll priorit&#228;re Gebiete zur Einbettung optimierter Anpassungsma&#223;nahmen lokalisieren und dadurch Synergieeffekte f&#246;rdern. Diese Arbeit ist Teil der Projekte CONQUAD (Projekt Nr. KR16AC0K13143) und cool-INN (Projekt Nr. KR19SC0F14953), welche vom &#214;sterreichischen Klima- und Energiefonds gef&#246;rdert werden.LiteraturBack, Y., Bach, P.M., Jasper-T&#246;nnies, A., Rauch, W. und Kleidorfer, M. (2020). A rapid fine-scale approach to modelling urban bioclimatic conditions. Science of the Total Environment. Revision Process.Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). (2014). Summary for policymakers. IN: Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Part A: Global and sectoral Aspects. Contribution of Working Group II of the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA, pp. 1-32.Simperler, L., Himmelbauer, P., St&#246;glehner, G. und Ertl, T. (2018). Siedlungswasserwirtschaftliche Strukturtypen und ihre Potenziale f&#252;r die dezentrale Bewirtschaftung von Niederschlagswasser. &#214;sterreichische Wasser- und Abfallwirtschaft, Wien.<img src="https://contentmanager.copernicus.org/fileStorageProxy.php?f=gnp.8dc32f38488f51196672061/sdaolpUECMynit/21-TKD&app=m&a=0&c=b90baff20f885e52746c33cca59e5d0c&ct=x&pn=gnp.elif" alt="" width="525" height="378"><img src="https://contentmanager.copernicus.org/fileStorageProxy.php?f=gnp.9cad14f6488f50856672061/sdaolpUECMynit/21-TKD&app=m&a=0&c=381acd600b8ccddf546902279086aa4b&ct=x&pn=gnp.elif" alt="" width="433" height="291"><img src="https://contentmanager.copernicus.org/fileStorageProxy.php?f=gnp.3eefdc36488f56936672061/sdaolpUECMynit/21-TKD&app=m&a=0&c=ee59c3cd5d6e5663a3d4c996da0683b7&ct=x&pn=gnp.elif" alt="">

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The assessment of human bioclimate of Vranje health resort (Serbia) based on Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI) with the focus on extreme biothermal conditions

Geographia Polonica ◽

10.7163/gpol.0201 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 94 (2) ◽

pp. 201-222

Author(s):

Milica Pecelj ◽

Anna Błażejczyk ◽

Nemanja Vagić ◽

Peca Ivanović

Keyword(s):

Heat Stress ◽

Thermal Stress ◽

Cold Stress ◽

Weather Data ◽

Climate Index ◽

Universal Thermal Climate Index ◽

Heat And Cold Stress ◽

Thermal Climate ◽

Extreme Cold ◽

Bioclimatic Conditions

The study deals with an assessment and interpretation of the bioclimatic conditions in Vranje (southern Serbia). The study aims at temporal distributions of bioclimatic conditions focussing on extreme thermal stress based on the Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI). The meteorological data required for the calculation of UTCI concern hourly (7 and 14 CET) weather data collected for the period 2000-2017. The frequency of very strong heat stress (VSHS), very strong cold stress (VSCS) and extreme cold stress (ECS) for both morning and midday hours. Furthermore, the daily difference of the UTCI hourly values (diurnal UTCI change) are specified, giving the daily variance of heat and cold stress. The results revealed the frequency of days in which thermal stress prevails for the studied period. The obtained results show an increase in extreme heat biothermal conditions, while extreme cold biothermal conditions are in decline, especially in the last 10 years. However, the frequency (the number of days) of very strong heat stress (VSHS) increased since 2007. A spectacular increase in heat stress was observed in the month of September, particularly in 2015.

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Influence of NAO on forming the UTCI index in Kłodzko

Theoretical and Applied Climatology ◽

10.1007/s00704-020-03340-y ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 142 (3-4) ◽

pp. 1555-1567

Author(s):

Arkadiusz Głogowski ◽

Krystyna Bryś ◽

Tadeusz Bryś

Keyword(s):

Climate Index ◽

Mean Values ◽

The North ◽

Thermal Climate ◽

Bioclimatic Conditions ◽

The One ◽

The North Atlantic Oscillation ◽

Meteorological Elements

Abstract The aim of this paper is to understand the role of the macrocirculation factor in shaping the dynamics of long-term bioclimatic conditions, with reference to Kłodzko in the Polish part of the Central Sudetes. The variability of bioclimatic conditions in Kłodzko for the period 1966–2017 was analysed, exposing its local specificity. The Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI) was taken as an indicator of the analysed bioclimatic features. The influence of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) on the variability of this index and its constituent meteorological elements, e.g. air temperature, vapour pressure, wind speed, and solar conditions, was examined. On the basis of the winter NAO Hurrell coefficient, the analysed years were divided into two opposing groups representing either a negative or positive Hurrell index. A comparison between these two year-groups for the mean values of UTCI and the examined meteorological elements showed a clear intergroup difference in these values. Except for cloudiness, the importance of the macrocirculation genesis of NAO was verified by the statistically significant correlation between the Hurrell index on the one hand and the tested UTCI index and its constituent meteorological elements on the other.

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The stimuli of thermal environment defined according to UTCI in Poland

Geographia Polonica ◽

10.7163/gpol.0200 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 94 (2) ◽

pp. 183-200

Author(s):

Magdalena Kuchcik ◽

Krzysztof Błażejczyk ◽

Agnieszka Halaś

Keyword(s):

Thermal Stress ◽

Thermal Environment ◽

Statistical Significance ◽

Climate Index ◽

Universal Thermal Climate Index ◽

North East ◽

The North ◽

Thermal Climate ◽

The Difference ◽

The Individual

The assessment of thermal stress stimuli in Poland was based on the Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI). Daily values of UTCI at 24 stations selected to represent the whole area of Poland at 12:00 UTC were calculated over the period 1951-2018. Various UTCI characteristics, i.e., spatial averages of daily, monthly and annual values, daily spatial contrasts (i.e., the difference between daily highest and lowest UTCI values) were defined in each of 8 bioclimatic regions of Poland. Ten-year trends for UTCI and spatial contrast values were counted and their statistical significance was analysed. A statistically significant increase in UTCI values was found in all the regions of Poland. However, contrasts in thermal stress both for Poland as a whole and in most of the regions decreased significantly, especially in the north-east of Poland, the country’s coldest region. This indicates a reduction in the stimuli of thermal environment in Poland and in most of the individual regions.

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UTCI as the NWP model ALADIN (CHMI) output – first experiences

Geographia Polonica ◽

10.7163/gpol.0203 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 94 (2) ◽

pp. 237-249

Author(s):

Martin Novák

Keyword(s):

Numerical Weather Prediction ◽

Meteorological Data ◽

Weather Prediction ◽

Climate Index ◽

Basic Information ◽

Universal Thermal Climate Index ◽

Numerical Weather ◽

Weather Forecasters ◽

Thermal Climate ◽

Nwp Model

The article includes a summary of basic information about the Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI) calculation by the numerical weather prediction (NWP) model ALADIN of the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute (CHMI). Examples of operational outputs for weather forecasters in the CHMI are shown in the first part of this work. The second part includes results of a comparison of computed UTCI values by ALADIN for selected place with UTCI values computed from real measured meteorological data from the same place.

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Universal thermal climate index in Russia

Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk Seriya Geograficheskaya ◽

10.31857/s2587-5566201923-19 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 3-19 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

V. V. Vinogradova

Keyword(s):

Cold Stress ◽

Thermal Conditions ◽

The Arctic ◽

Climate Index ◽

Universal Thermal Climate Index ◽

Environment Temperature ◽

European Part Of Russia ◽

Thermal Climate ◽

Actual Environment ◽

Almost All

The paper uses the universal thermal climate index (UTCI) to estimate the bioclimate in Russia, initiated by the Commission of the International society of Biometeorology. The UTCI index can be described as equivalent environment temperature (°C), which provides the same physiological impact on humans as the actual environment. Assessment of bioclimatic conditions is shown for the territory of Russia in the period of modern climate change (2001–2015). Cold stress conditions (from low to extreme) were observed in the almost all territory of Russia for about 8–11 months a year. During the rest of the year, the conditions are neutral or comfortable. The period of extreme and very high cold stress is reduced during the modern climate warming (compared to the period 1961–1990), especially in the Arctic, in the European part of Russia, in Western and Eastern Siberia. At the same time, the period with neutral and comfortable thermal conditions increases.

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