Historical fog climate dataset for Carpathian Basin from 1886 to 1919

This paper presents the historical fog climate dataset from 1886 to 1919 for Hungary and its neighbouring countries in the Carpathian Basin. The dataset was obtained from the yearbooks of the Royal Hungarian Central Institute of Meteorology and Earth Magnetism (RHCIMEM) established in 1870 to investigate the climatic features of Hungary during the time of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. Monthly observations were recorded from 1871 and daily observations were recorded from 1886. The yearbooks contain daily meteorological records of temperature, relative humidity, rainfall, pressure, wind speed and direction, cloudiness and surface weather conditions along with monthly summaries for 24 meteorological stations. The daily weather observations were recorded three times a day, namely at 07:00, 14:00 and 21:00 local time. Station information (location, environment, instrumentation, observations etc.) can also be found in the yearbooks as metadata. For example, the definition of fog in the case of historical observations is the same as that of today, i.e., fog is detected if the maximum horizontal visibility is less than 1 km. In this way fog observations are easily comparable to today's observations without requiring further data correction and homogenisation. The longest 13 continuously recorded fog observation datasets have the length between 15 and 34 years. The stations are located in 5 countries of the Carpathian Basin at present. These datastests are suitable for conducting historical climatic investigations and can also serve as reference datasets. The historical dataset can be used to study the annual and seasonal changes in frequency and duration of fog events in the Carpathian Basin as a reference, thus facilitating research in the field of fog climatology and forecast

Future changes in extreme temperature indices in Cluj-Napoca, Romania

At present, research in climatology is mainly focusing on climate change and especially on global warming. Since climate change is already affecting large areas worldwide, it is important to study in details these changes at regional and local scale and to reduce its negative impact. The aim of this study is to analyze changes on extreme temperature indices over the periods 2041-2070 and 2071-2100 in Cluj-Napoca city using a set of 21 indices recommended by Expert Team for Climate Change Detection Monitoring and Indices. Extreme temperature indices for observed and modeled data were calculated by employing ClimPACT2 software. Modeled data for daily minimum and maximum temperature was extracted from EURO-CORDEX Project database. RCP4.5 and RCP8.5 scenarios of three regional climate models (RACMO22E, RCA4, and WRF331F) were considered. Next we compared the average values of the historical period (1981-2010) with the 2041-2070 and 2071-2100 periods for each scenario (RCP 4.5 and RCP 8.5) in order to obtain the future changes. The result of this study shows major changes for all the analyzed indices. The period 2071-2100 presents the highest changes under both analyzed scenarios

A szél- és napnapenergia, valamint az energetikai célú biomassza hasznosításának éghajlati és társadalmi-gazdasági kérdései a Hernád-völgyben = Climatic conditions and social-economic issues of the utilization of wind, solar and biomass energy in the Hernád-valley, North Hungary

A kutatás során a Hernád-völgy társadalmi-gazdasági és éghajlati adottságait vizsgáltuk azzal a céllal, hogy megállapítsuk: ezek milyen mértékig segítik elő vagy gátolják a szél- és napenergia, valamint a biomassza energetikai célú hasznosítását Statisztikai források alapján feltártuk a Hernád-völgy hátrányos helyzetű településeinek legfontosabb gazdasági-társadalmi adatait, valamint az erdészeti biomasszára vonatkozó adatokat. A megyei, régiós és országos átlagadatokkal összehasonlítva többek között megállapítottuk, hogy a víz-, csatorna- és föld-gázvezetékek kiépítése jóval kedvezőtlenebb. Utóbbi kettő indokolttá teheti az energetikai fejlesztéseket. A kistáj bioenergetikai lehetőségeinél elmondható, hogy az erdészeti faapríték potenciálja feltétlenül figyelembe veendő. Statisztikai adatfeldolgozás és a térinformatikai módszerek egybekapcsolásával elvégzett vizsgálataink azt mutatják, hogy a nagy időbeli fluktuáció ellenére hatékony lehet a terület szélenergiájának felhasználása, elsősorban az alacsony indítási sebességű szélerőművek vagy a szélerőgépek esetében. A Hernád-völgy napenergia potenciáljának feltárásához a fenti két módszerrel elvégeztük a térségbe jutó, a helyi, elsősorban a domborzati körülmények által jelentősen befolyásolt globálsugárzás időbeli és térbeli eloszlásának elemzését. A felszínre érkező globálsugárzási adatok kiértékelése elengedhetetlen információkat nyújt a Hernád-völgyben tervezett napenergia beruházások tervezésénél, gazdasági elemzésénél. | Role of socio-economic and climatic endowments of the Hernád-valley in energetic solar, wind and biomass utilization have been examined in our research program. Most important socio-economic characteristics of settlements and parameters of biomass production in the Hernád-valley have been determined on the base of statistical data. Compared to county, region, or national averages water, gas and drainage systems are rather underdeveloped in the Hernád-valley. These facts support renewable energetic developments. The micro region has a good potential in chopped wood biomass. Despite its strong temporal fluctuations wind energy utilization can be effective especially in the case of low critical velocity wind turbines and windmills according to our results gained using statistical data analyses combined with geoinformatic methods. However, small windmills and wind generators with capacities of several hundred watts or kilowatts could be more effective solutions, since they can be operated in island mode, what means that their establishment requires much less permissions. The before mentioned two methods have been used for examination of solar energy potential of the Hernád-valley as well. Spatial and temporal patterns of solar irradiance strongly influenced by the relief have been determined. Amount of solar irradiance can be measured on the surface provides important information for the planning and economic analyses of solar energy utilization projects in the Hernád-valley