Abstract
Abstract In the context of climate change, scientists discuss the relevant reference periods for the assessment of changes in climate. Recently, many studies have been published comparing recent conditions with the last reference period 1961–1990. In this paper, the trends of annual, seasonal and monthly average air temperature, as well as annual, seasonal and monthly precipitation totals in Slovakia, are presented to point out changes which will probably show up in the next reference period 1991–2020. In the second part of paper, changes in the climate regions in Slovakia are analysed, comparing spatial distributions in the period 1961–1990 and in the period 1961–2010.
Highlights
The trends of meteorological variables in the context of climate change are of high interest in current climate research
A positive significant trend in annual precipitation was observed across the borders between Slovakia and Czech Republic and between Romania and Ukraine (Spinoni et al, 2014; Cheval et al, 2014)
Climate contrasts exist in the north-south direction, as colder climate dominates in the north and warmer climate in the south. Despite these differences within a fairly small area, a comparable increasing trend in annual air temperature is recorded in the dataset of each station
Summary
The trends of meteorological variables in the context of climate change are of high interest in current climate research. CARPATCLIM, a complex research project focused on climate analysis in the Carpathian region, was active in the years 2010–2013 and used gridded data with a horizontal resolution 0.1 ° × 0.1 °, which were obtained from observational data in the period 1961–2010 using interpolation methods. In the Carpathian Mountains less significant trends were observed than in surrounding areas, especially in spring and summer. A positive significant trend in annual precipitation was observed across the borders between Slovakia and Czech Republic and between Romania and Ukraine (Spinoni et al, 2014; Cheval et al, 2014). Over the Carpathian Mountains did the maximum air temperature in summer record no significant trend (Cheval et al, 2014)
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