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An investigation of water level fluctuations in Polish lakes in various phases of the winter North Atlantic Oscillation

Wrzesiński D., Ptak M.

Geology, Geophysics and Environment

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2017

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Vol. 43, no. 2

151--163

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The North Atlantic Oscillation is a macroscale type of circulation determining climate and hydrological conditions in Europe. The paper presents water level fluctuations in 19 Polish lakes in various phases of NAO of the winter season in the years 1976-2010. Correlations of the winter NAO index with monthly, seasonal, maximum, and minimum water stages, and annual water level amplitudes in lakes were calculated. Approximately 20% of the performed tests showed statistical significance. Lakes were recorded where the correlations were significant in a major part of the year, as well as lakes showing no significant correlations in any month. Deviations of mean water stages in the positive and negative phase of NAO from mean water stages were calculated for each of the lakes. This permitted classifying the lakes into two groups by Ward’s method based on deviations of water stages in the positive and negative phase of NAODJFM from average values. This resulted in the designation of 4 and 5 typological classes of lakes, respectively. Deviations of water stages in lakes in various phases of NAODJFM from mean values were determined to even exceed 20 cm. The study results can find practical applications in reference to water retention. In view of the observed environmental changes, it is possible that the hydrotechnical infrastructure on lakes will have to be developed in the future. Such a situation will permit the precise control of water level fluctuations for the purpose of the optimal adaptation of lakes for economic purposes.

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Use of Entropy in the Assessment of Uncertainty of River Runoff Regime in Poland

Wrzesiński D.

Acta Geophysica

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2016

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Vol. 64, no. 5

1825--1839

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The objective of this paper is to describe spatial differences in the uncertainty of features of the runoff regimes of Polish rivers based on entropy in Shannon’s information theory. They included: the entropy of monthly river runoff and the entropy of river runoff distribution over time. An analysis of monthly flow series for the years 1951-2010 from 395 gauging stations located on 248 rivers in Poland was performed. This allowed a quantitative determination of the degree of uncertainty of two regime characteristics indirectly establishing the predictability, regularity, and stability of their appearance and their spatial variability. An analysis of relations between the calculated entropy, as well as between the entropy and the classical parameters commonly used was performed in describing the hydrological regime. The obtained grouping of rivers into four categories in terms of entropy of volume and distribution of runoff in the annual cycle clearly coincides with the types of river regime distinguished in Poland.

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Effect of the North Atlantic Oscillation on the Thermal Characteristics of Lakes in Poland

Wrzesiński D., Choiński A., Ptak M.

Acta Geophysica

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2015

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Vol. 63, no. 3

863--883

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This paper presents the effect of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) on the thermal characteristics of lakes in Poland. In the analysis, the use was made of monthly air temperatures recorded at fifteen meteorological stations, water temperatures of twelve lakes, and Hurrell’s winter NAO indices. Over the study period (1971-2010), there was a marked increase in the temperatures of both, air and lake waters. Depending on the NAO phase, water temperatures were observed to depart from mean values, being markedly higher than average (even by 1°C) in the positive winter NAO phase. The differences in water temperatures were statistically significant in the winter-spring season. In turn, in the negative NAODJFM phase lake water temperatures in winter and spring were markedly lower than average (in March even by 1.0°C). The unique response of some lakes depends on their morphometric parameters, including their mean depth.

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Effect of the North Atlantic Oscillation on the Pattern of Lake Ice Phenology in Poland

Wrzesiński D., Choiński A., Ptak M., Skowron R.

Acta Geophysica

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2015

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Vol. 63, no. 6

1664--1684

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This paper presents an analysis of the influence of the North Atlantic Oscillation on the pattern of lake ice phenology in Poland. The research embraced 22 lakes in Poland over the period 1961-2010. Strong relations were found to hold between NAO and individual characteristics of ice phenology. In a negative NAO phase, one can observe a later appearance of ice phenomena and ice cover compared with the average values, ice cover persisting even 30 days longer and being thicker even by more than 10 cm. In turn, in a positive NAO phase the duration of ice phenomena and ice cover is shorter, the cover being less thick and solid. The observed spatial differences in the effect of NAO on the pattern of ice phenomena in Poland show this matter to be fairly complex. The most significant factor changes in climatic conditions, which manifest themselves in the continentality of the climate growing eastwards.