• Media type: E-Article
  • Title: The north atlantic oscillation and winter precipitation totals in Slovakia
  • Contributor: Lívia, Labudová; Šťastný, Pavel; Trizna, Milan
  • Published: Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2013
  • Published in: Moravian Geographical Reports, 21 (2013) 4, Seite 38-49
  • Language: Without Specification
  • DOI: 10.2478/mgr-2013-0019
  • ISSN: 1210-8812
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  • Description: Abstract The North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) is the most important circulation phenomenon in the Northern Atlantic which impacts climate in Europe in various ways. Precipitation is a basic climatic element which affects the landscape significantly. Therefore in this paper, the relationship between the NAO and winter precipitation in Slovakia is analysed. A Spearman’s correlation analysis was used, which detected the impacts of NAO on the above-mentioned seasonal precipitation in different regions of Slovakia. The correlation coefficients obtained positive values in the region of Orava and Kysuce and changed to negative ones in a southward direction. The detected zonal configuration can be explained by the topographic barrier effect of the Carpathians
  • Access State: Open Access