Winter cyclone frequency and following freshet streamflow formation on the rivers in Belarus

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ID15550487
AuthorsIrina Partasenok (corresponding author), Irina S Partasenok, Pavel Ya Groisman, Pavel Groisman (0000-0001-6255-324X, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information), Grigoriy S Chekan, Виктор Иванович Мельник, Viktor I Melnik
Year2014
Volume9
Issue9
Pages095005-095005
Publication date2014-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEnvironmental Research Letters (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1748-9326 • E-ISSN: 1748-9326
PublisherIOP Publishing (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1088/1748-9326/9/9/095005
OpenAlexW2033478259
LanguageEN
References cited20

We studied long-term fluctuations of streamflow and occurrence of extreme phenomena on the rivers of Belarus during the post-World War II period. It was found that formation of annual runoff within the nation has no constant tendencies and varies from year to year. At the same time, analysis of intra-annual distribution of streamflow reveals significant changes since the 1970s, first of all, increase of winter and decrease of spring streamflow. As a result, the frequency of extreme floods has decreased. These changes in water regime are associated with climatic anomalies (increase of the surface air temperatures) caused by large-scale alterations in atmospheric circulation, specifically in trajectories of cyclones. During the last two decades, the frequency of Atlantic and southern cyclones has changed and caused decreasing of cold season storms and extreme phenomena on the rivers

Climatology · Cyclone (programming language · Drainage basin · Geography · Meteorology · Period (music · Spring (device · Storm · Streamflow · Surface runoff · Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics · Climate variability and models · Environmental Science · Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies · Geology

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