Elisa Mª Hernández and Luis Mª Bañón AEMET Regional Office in Murcia, Av. Libertad, 11, 30107 Murcia (Spain) ehernandezg@aemet.es, lbanonp@aemet.es   Abstract The extremely warm summer of 2003 encouraged the development of a “Heat wave Warning System”. The health authorities issued extreme temperature warnings to the population using extreme temperatures that were forecasted for the […]

1 F.C. Okorie, 2 I.C. Okeke, 3 A.O. Nnaji, 1 C.N. Chibo, 4 E.C. Pat-Mbano 1 Department of Geography and Environmental Management, Imo State University, Owerri, Nigeria 2 Department of Geography, University of Lagos, Nigeria 3 Department of Environmental Technology, Federal university of Technology, Owerri, Nigeria 4 Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Imo State […]

Saif Ullah Khan1 Ph.D Scholar saifullahkhan33@gmail.com Prof. Dr. Mahmood-Ul-Hasan2 Profdrmahmoodulhasan@yahoo.com Prof. Dr. Muhammad Aslam Khan3 makhan40@hotmail.com   Abstract The arid region in Pakistan covers about 77.1 percent of the country (676400 Sq.Kms). The paper analyzes the precipitation pattern in terms of average, variations as well as seasonal fluctuation and anomalies in intensities of rainfall. The […]

Plamen Zorovski1, Tonya Georgieva2 1Faculty of Plant Protection and Agroecology, Department of Agroecology, Agricultural University, Plovdiv, Bulgaria 2Faculty of Agronomy, Department of Plant Production, Agricultural University, Plovdiv, Bulgaria plivz@abv.bg ; tonia@au-plovdiv.bg   Abstract Based on the survey conducted for three years, which were completely different in terms of weather conditions (2007-2009) in the region of […]

Z. Popova1*, М. Ivanova1, L. S. Pereira2, K. Doneva1, V. Alexandrov3, P. Alexandrova1, M. Kercheva1 1 N. Poushkarov Institute of Soil Science-ISSNP, Sofia, Bulgaria. 2 CEER – Biosystems Engineering, Institute of Agronomy, Technical University of Lisboa, Portugal. 3 National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology, Sofia, Bulgaria zornitsa_popova@abv.bg   Abstract Simulations are performed for Plovdiv, Stara […]

S. Jovanoska , K. Mitreski1, N.Koteli1 1Laboratory for Eco-informatics, Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering – Skopje- Republic of Macedonia University “Ss Cyril and Methodius” – Skopje – Republic of Macedonia jovanoskas@gmail.com; kostamitreski@gmail.com   Abstract GIS technology has long been valued in improving communication and collaboration of spatial decision making. It manages resources and assets effectively, […]

Milan Stojković, Stevan Prohaska, Anđelija Koprivica Institute “Jaroslav Černi”, Belgrade , Serbia stevan.prohaska@jcerni.co.rs   Abstract Authors of this paper have managed to gather a significant number of hydro-meteorological time series from all over the globe. The longest series were selected in which linear trends were calculated and their internal structure analysed in order to determine frequency […]

Ekaterina Koleva National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology, Sofia, Bulgaria Ekaterina.Koleva@meteo.bg   Abstract The standard climate means presently used as climate reference are for the period 1961-1990 recommended by the SMO. These means are used to understand average climate conditions at any location and as consistent point of reference. The 30-years averages are used to […]

Dogdu Mufit Sefik, Sagnak Cengiz General Directorate of State Hydraulic Works (DSI), Department of Geotechnical Services and Groundwater, Yucetepe, P.O. Box: 06100, Ankara, Turkey Email: mufitd@dsi.gov.tr , cengizsagnak@dsi.gov.tr Abstract: There are 25 main river basins in Turkey. Konya Closed Basin (KCB) and Kucuk Menderes River Basin (KMRB) are 4th and 24th biggest basins according to their […]

BALWOIS 2004 Ohrid, Macedonia, 25-29 May 2004   THE FREQUENCY OF PRECIPITATION DAYS IN THE YANGTZE CATCHMENT FROM 1950 TO 2000 Wu Yijin1, Stefan Becker2, Jiang Tong3, Heike Harmann2, Su BuDa3 1The Institute Of Historical Geography, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, CHINA 2Geographisches Institut, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, GERMANY 3Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, CAS, Nanjing 210008, […]