M. Szwed Institute for Agricultural and Forest Environment of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland  mszwed@man.poznan.pl   Abstract From the last decade of the 20th century the significant global warming has been being observed according to a report from the UK Met Office. Central Europe, including Poland, is not an exception. What is more, climate […]

 Y.H.Alghifari1,2 ,M.Abdel Wahab2 and K.Fahmy3 1 Meteorology and Environmental in Saudi Arabia 2 Dept. Astronomy and Meteorology Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Egypt 3 Egyptian Meteorological Authority, Egypt amushtaq12008@live.com   Abstract Dust storms are atmospheric phenomena that have recently been recognized as having a very wide range of environmental impacts. The study is based on […]

Serkan Şenocak, Reşat Acar, Selim Şengül Atatürk University, Engineering Faculty, Civil Engineering Department, Erzurum, Turkey ssenocak@atauni.edu.tr   Abstract This study aims to determine possible trends in the annual extreme Short Duration Rainfall (SDR) series using nonparametric methods (such as the Mann–Kendall and Sen’s T tests). The data network used in this study, which is assumed […]

Ya. Chapanov1, M. Temelkova1 1National Institute of Geophysics, Geodesy and Geography, Bulgaria  astro@bas.bg   Abstract  The solar activity cycles excite periodical and pseudo periodical variations of all Earth systems, including climate, water cycles, rainfalls, streamflows, groundwater etc. The water cycles have short term, seasonal, interannual and long term periodicities with different local revealing. The interannual […]

Vasko Stojov  Hydrometeorological Service, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia stojov@yahoo.com Abstract The smallest lake of three tectonic lakes in Republic of Macedonia is Dojran Lake. The characteristics of the valley enabled the lake to keep its water reserves more than other neighboring lakes, which are already dried tectonic lakes. According the extremely distinctive hydrological situation in […]

D.Lauva1*, I.Grīnfelde1, 2, A.Veinbergs1 1 Department of Environmental Protection and Water management, Faculty of Rural engineering, Latvia University of Agriculture, Latvia 2 Scientific Laboratory of Forest and Water Recourses, Latvia University of Agriculture, Latvia didzis@lauvadidzis.com   Abstract The annual regime of shallow groundwater levels significantly impacts agricultural and forestry production. To adapt to climate changes […]

Nadezhda Petkova, Vesselin Alexandrov National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology – BAS, Sofia, Bulgaria nadejda.petkova@meteo.bg   Abstract An investigation on observed variations and tendencies in annual snow cover duration (SCD) and maximum snow depth (MSD) in the mountainous regions of Bulgaria over the period 1931-2005 was carried out. Drought anomaly index and standardized anomalies of […]

Marko, Ćirović , Nataša, Petrović Faculty of Organizational Sciences, University of Belgrade, Republic of Serbia petrovicn@fon.bg.ac.rs   Abstract The control of climate changes is one of the greatest historical challenges facing humanity in the 21st century. Warming of the climate system is well documented: increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of […]

Dorina Grazhdani1, Soniela Grazhdani2 1Department of Agribusiness, Agricultural University of Tirana, Albania 2Department of Agriculture, Polytechnic University “Fan S. Noli” of Korça, Albania    Abstract The Park Prespa is shared by three countries, Greece, Albania and Macedonia. When we talk about Prespa we are actually referring to the two lakes, Micro and Macro Prespa, as […]

DJORET Daira1, SARA Vassolo2 1 Lake Chad Basin Commission, Ndjamena (LCBC), Tchad, Ndjamena 2 Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe (BGR), Hanover, Germany, djoreda@yahoo.fr   svassolo@yahoo.fr   Abstract The Lake Chad Basin is a large endorheic basin of some 2,400,000 km² that occupies part of Chad, Cameroon Nigeria, Niger, Libya, Algeria, Sudan and the Central African Republic. […]