Publication details
Spatial analysis of damage caused by strong winds and gales in the Czech lands since AD 1500
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| Year of publication | 2006 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Geografie - Sborník České geografické společnosti |
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| Citation | |
| Field | Atmosphere sciences, meteorology |
| Keywords | spatial analysis; documentary evidence; windstorm; damage; the Czech Republic |
| Description | The aim of this article is an analysis of the spatial distribution of places with damage done by gales and windstorms in the Czech Republic in the course of the last 500 years. Descriptive documentary data derived from historical climatology are used for this analysis and the specific features contained within these data are mentioned. Using ArcGIS tools, thematic maps of the locations damaged by gales for each century are presented and the spatial distribution of the places is characterized. This spatial distribution is connected to a large degree with the quantity and quality of available historical sources. However, spatial analysis enables the characterization of the most affected localities and also the most significant cases, the windstorms of the century. |
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