Windstorm of the eighteenth century in the Czech Lands: course,
extent, impacts

J 2017

Windstorm of the eighteenth century in the Czech Lands: course, extent, impacts

BRÁZDIL, Rudolf, Péter SZABÓ, Petr DOBROVOLNÝ, Ladislava ŘEZNÍČKOVÁ, Oldřich KOTYZA et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Windstorm of the eighteenth century in the Czech Lands: course, extent, impacts

Authors

BRÁZDIL, Rudolf (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Péter SZABÓ (203 Czech Republic), Petr DOBROVOLNÝ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Ladislava ŘEZNÍČKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Oldřich KOTYZA (203 Czech Republic), Silvie SUCHÁNKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic) and Hubert VALÁŠEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Theoretical and Applied Climatology, Wien, Springer Wien, 2017, 0177-798X

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10509 Meteorology and atmospheric sciences

Country of publisher

Austria

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Impact factor

Impact factor: 2.321

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/17:00094539

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00704-016-1806-x

UT WoS

000403666400045

Keywords in English

windstorm; documentary data; impact; forest; Czech Lands

Abstract

V originále

This paper addresses the course, extent, and impacts of a windstorm that occurred on 20–21 December 1740, in the Czech Lands. The analysis is based on documentary data included in chronicles, "books of memory", memoirs, damage reports, urbaria, and cadastral records, as well as secondary sources. The windstorm started with a thunderstorm in the afternoon of 20 December, continued during the night, and was followed by a flood. It also appeared in documentary data from Bavaria, Thuringia, Saxony, Silesia, Slovakia, and Hungary. The event may be related to a cyclone north-west of the Czech territory moving to the east with an intense western flow over central Europe. The storm did great material damage to houses, farm buildings, churches, and forests and is recorded in various documentary sources for 85 places in the Czech Lands. The windstorm had a significant influence on the development of local plantation forestry (discussed in greater detail). Judging by territorial extent and damage done, this windstorm, compared to other similar events, has been classified as “the windstorm of the eighteenth century” in the Czech Lands. This contribution demonstrates the potential of documentary evidence for the elucidation of heavy windstorms in the pre-instrumental period in Europe.

Links

GA15-11805S, research and development project

Name: Vichřice v českých zemích za posledních 500 let

Investor: Czech Science Foundation

Citovat

BRÁZDIL, Rudolf, Péter SZABÓ, Petr DOBROVOLNÝ, Ladislava ŘEZNÍČKOVÁ, Oldřich KOTYZA, Silvie SUCHÁNKOVÁ and Hubert VALÁŠEK. Windstorm of the eighteenth century in the Czech Lands: course, extent, impacts. Theoretical and Applied Climatology. Wien: Springer Wien, 2017, vol. 129, 1-2, p. 623-632. ISSN 0177-798X. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00704-016-1806-x.

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BRÁZDIL, Rudolf, Péter SZABÓ, Petr DOBROVOLNÝ, Ladislava ŘEZNÍČKOVÁ, Oldřich KOTYZA, Silvie SUCHÁNKOVÁ and Hubert VALÁŠEK. Windstorm of the eighteenth century in the Czech Lands: course, extent, impacts. \textit{Theoretical and Applied Climatology}. Wien: Springer Wien, 2017, vol.~129, 1-2, p.~623-632. ISSN~0177-798X. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00704-016-1806-x.

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