History of strong winds in the Czech lands: causes, fluctuations, impacts

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Authors	BRÁZDIL Rudolf DOBROVOLNÝ Petr
Year of publication	2001
Type	Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source	Geographia Polonica
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Science
Citation
Field	Atmosphere sciences, meteorology
Keywords	strong wind - gale - tornado - damage - Czech Lands
Description	Problems of wind speed measurements are analysed. The climatology of strong winds in the Czech Republic during 1961-1990 is presented. The main groups of strong winds according their origin are characterised. The accuracy of historical written reports of strong winds and their impacts in the pre-instrumental period are discussed. The chronology of strong damaging winds in the Czech lands from A.D. 1500-1930 is presented with a division into gales on the one hand and strong winds connected with convective storms on the other. Cases of gales of the century are described. The impact of strong winds is discussed with a special attention to forest damage.
Related projects:	Meteorological extremes and their impacts in the Czech Lands since the 16th century