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The main purpose of the study is to introduce methods for mapping the spatial distribution of the occurrence of selected atmospheric phenomena (thunderstorms, fog, glaze and rime) over Poland from 1966 to 2010 (45 years). Limited in situ observations as well the discontinuous and location-dependent nature of these phenomena make traditional interpolation inappropriate. Spatially continuous maps were created with the use of geospatial predictive modelling techniques. For each given phenomenon, an algorithm identifying its favourable meteorological and environmental conditions was created on the basis of observations recorded at 61 weather stations in Poland. Annual frequency maps presenting the probability of a day with a thunderstorm, fog, glaze or rime were created with the use of a modelled, gridded dataset by implementing predefined algorithms. Relevant explanatory variables were derived from NCEP/NCAR reanalysis and downscaled with the use of a Regional Climate Model. The resulting maps of favourable meteorological conditions were found to be valuable and representative on the country scale but at different correlation (r) strength against in situ data (from r = 0.84 for thunderstorms to r = 0.15 for fog). A weak correlation between gridded estimates of fog occurrence and observations data indicated the very local nature of this phenomenon. For this reason, additional environmental predictors of fog occurrence were also examined. Topographic parameters derived from the SRTM elevation model and reclassified CORINE Land Cover data were used as the external, explanatory variables for the multiple linear regression kriging used to obtain the final map. The regression model explained 89 % of annual frequency of fog variability in the study area. Regression residuals were interpolated via simple kriging.
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Acknowledgments
This work was performed as a part of the ISOK project (IT system for country protection against extreme hazards; POIG.07.01.00-00-025/09) which was co-financed by the European Fund of Regional Development under the Operational Programme Innovative Economy and the Polish Government. Authors would like to thank Łukasz Harasimowicz, Rafał Kielar, Tomasz Knopik, Szymon Pysz and Witold Wiążewski from the Institute of Meteorology and Water Management–National Research Institute whose previous work on fog, glaze, rime and thunderstorm detection algorithms in the project has contributed to this article. The authors would like to also thank the anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments and remarks.
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Walawender, E., Walawender, J.P., Ustrnul, Z. (2018). Geospatial Predictive Modelling for Climate Mapping of Selected Severe Weather Phenomena Over Poland: A Methodological Approach. In: Niedzielski, T., Migała, K. (eds) Geoinformatics and Atmospheric Science. Pageoph Topical Volumes. Birkhäuser, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66092-9_10
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