ŘEZNÍČKOVÁ, Ladislava, Rudolf BRÁZDIL, Oldřich KOTYZA and Hubert VALÁŠEK. Documentary evidence as a source of data for studying droughts in the Czech Lands. Online. In Urban, O.; Sprtova, M.; Klem, K. Global Change: A Complex Challenge. Conference Proceedings. Brno: Global Change Research Centre, The Czech Academy of Sciences, v.v.i., 2015, p. 26-29. ISBN 978-80-87902-10-3.
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Original name Documentary evidence as a source of data for studying droughts in the Czech Lands
Authors ŘEZNÍČKOVÁ, Ladislava (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Rudolf BRÁZDIL (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Oldřich KOTYZA (203 Czech Republic) and Hubert VALÁŠEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution).
Edition Brno, Global Change: A Complex Challenge. Conference Proceedings, p. 26-29, 4 pp. 2015.
Publisher Global Change Research Centre, The Czech Academy of Sciences, v.v.i.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Proceedings paper
Field of Study 10500 1.5. Earth and related environmental sciences
Country of publisher Czech Republic
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
Publication form electronic version available online
WWW URL
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14310/15:00081158
Organization unit Faculty of Science
ISBN 978-80-87902-10-3
UT WoS 000381161600005
Keywords in English drought; documentary data; precipitation indices; Czech Lands
Tags International impact, Reviewed
Changed by Changed by: Mgr. Marie Šípková, DiS., učo 437722. Changed: 29/7/2020 10:02.
Abstract
Information about past droughts may be derived from the various kinds of documentary evidence. Documentary data are particularly applicable to the pre-instrumental period but may also be used for the overlapping period with instrumental records. They are extracted from written narrative sources, weather diaries, personal and official letters, newspapers, religious records, epigraphic sources, and other sources. Direct descriptions of weather facilitate identification of meteorological droughts, while descriptions of drought impacts are used to identify agricultural and hydrological droughts. Documentary evidence enabled the creation of series of precipitation indices which classify dry months on a scale of –1 (dry), –2 (very dry), and –3 (extremely dry). In this way, it is possible to study the frequency, seasonality, severity, and impacts of drought episodes in the pre-instrumental period.
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CZ.1.07/2.3.00/20.0248, interní kód MUName: Vytvoření interdisciplinárního vědeckého týmu se zaměřením na výzkum sucha
Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, 2.3 Human resources in research and development
GA13-19831S, research and development projectName: Hydrometeorologické extrémy na jižní Moravě odvozené z dokumentárních pramenů
Investor: Czech Science Foundation
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