MS Clare Duggan (1), DR Bjorn Elsaber (2) (1): School of Planning, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Queens University Belfast, David Keir Building, Stanmillis Rd, Belfast, BT95AG, United Kingdom (2): School of Planning, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Queens University Belfast, David Keir Building, Stanmillis Rd, Belfast, BT95AG, United Kingdom  cduggan09@qub.ac.uk   Abstract Swell waves from extratropical […]

Ibraheem A. Olomoda Niger Basin Authority, Niamey Niger Republic Olomoda_ibraheem@yahoo.com   Abstract  River Niger is the third longest river in Africa that takes its source from the Fouta Djallon highland in Guinea at an approximate altitude of 800m, before traversing over a distance of about 4,200 km to empty into the Atlantic Ocean in Nigeria. […]

Maria Albu Dinu1, Lidia Sălăjan2, Adrian Apostol3 1 University of Bucharest – Romanian 2National Institute of Hydrology and Water Management, University of Bucharest – Romanian 3National Institute of Hydrology and Water Management of Bucharest – Romanian, lidia.salajan@yahoo.com   Abstract The Călmăţui basin is an autochthonous river, tributary to the Danube River, situated in the Boian Plain. […]

V.Lutkosky, S.Shumov Ukrainian Hydrometeorogical Research Institut, Kiev, Ukraine vlut@list.ru   Abstract The analysis of a secular course of temperature of air in Kiev from positions of the fractal analysis is carried out). The comparison of results gained by application of fractal methods of the analysis, with results obtained by conventional methods is carried out. It […]

Dragoslav Dragojlovic, Marija Mokoric Meteorological and Hydrological Service of Croatia, Zagreb, Croatia dragojlovic@cirus.dhz.hr, mokoric@cirus.dhz.hr   Abstract During warm season 2003 and 2011 a drought was dominant in a large part of Croatia. In 2003 the drought was meteorological and agricultural. During 2011 in some part of Croatia, particularly at the Adriatic Coast, a drought was […]

S. Sensoy1*, M. Demircan1, E. Müdrike Koç2, Dr. G. Pamuk Mengü3 1 Turkish State Meteorological Service, Climatology Division, Ankara, Turkey 2 Turkish State Meteorological Service, Forecast Division, Ankara, Turkey 3 Ege University Agricultural Faculty, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey ssensoy@dmi.gov.tr   Abstract In this study, possible impacts of teleconnection parameters on Turkey’s climate have been investigated. 130 […]

Vesselin Alexandrov and Veneta Ivanova National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology – BAS, Bulgaria veneta74@abv.bg   Abstract During the last years Bulgarian Black sea coast has observed cases with increasing heavy rain. To assess if therefore is a climate variability, analysis has been made of about 50 years period of the precipitation variations with information […]

Slavisa Trajkovic, Milan Gocic, Dragan Milicevic Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture, University of Nis, Serbia trajkovic_slavisa@yahoo.com Abstract Evapotranspiration (ET) is one of the major processes in the hydrological cycle, and its reliable estimation is essential to water resources planning and management. Numerous equations have been developed for estimating evapotranspiration. Food and Agriculture Organization of […]

Eda Cengiz and Filiz Dadaser-Celik Erciyes University, Dept. of Environmental Engineering, 38039 Kayseri-Turkey fdadaser@erciyes.edu.tr   Abstract The purpose of this study was to analyze the hydrologic changes at Tuzla (Palas) Lake in Kayseri, Turkey. Tuzla Lake is a relatively pristine saline playa lake located in the Palas Basin in Central Anatolia in Turkey. Water levels […]

Svetoslav Anev, Nikolina Tzvetkova University of Forestry, Sofia, Bulgaria svetoslav.anev@gmail.com   Abstract The initiation of phenological phases and duration of the growth period at young beech stands in the region of West Balkan mountain were observed. Stands grow at specific temperature regime, determined by altitude, exposure and orography of the terrains. Significant differences among the […]