Aridity in the Central and Southern Pannonian Basin

Abstract

For the investigation of geographical, monthly, seasonal, and annual distributions of aridity and its annual trend in the region of the Central and Southern Pannonian Basin (CSPB), which includes the territories of Hungary and Vojvodina (Northern Serbia), the De Martonne Aridity Index (DMAI) was used. The DMAI was originally calculated from a total of 78 meteorological stations with the maximum available time series of climatological data in three cases: 1931–2017 for Hungary; 1949–2017 for Vojvodina; and 1949–2017 for Hungary and Vojvodina jointly. The Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) was used to control the DMAI results. Temperature and precipitation trends were also investigated to understand their effects on the aridity trend. Three aridity types are distinguished on the annual level, five on the seasonal level, and four on the monthly level. The annual aridity had no trends in all three periods. It seems that aridity can be considered a more stable climate indicator of climate change than the temperature, at least in the CSPB.

Deoxynivalenol Occurrence in Triticale Crops in Romania during the 2012–2014 Period with Extreme Weather Events

“…In 2012–2014, luvisols and luvic phaeozems in plateaus and high hills favoured the highest incidence and level of deoxynivalenol in cereals (durum wheat, winter wheat, maize, triticale, unprocessed cereals) in northern Italy in northwestern Emilia-Romagna, in Central Europe in the Czech Republic, eastern Moravia and northern Bohemia, Slovakia, Hungary, and Poland in Borusowa in the Małopolska region, and in Southeastern Europe in Romania in Transylvania and the Southern Hilly Area regions, Serbia, Croatia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina [ 57 , 64 , 75 , 76 , 77 , 79 , 80 , 81 , 82 , 90 , 128 , 129 , 130 , 131 , 132 , 133 ]. The geographic distribution of Fusarium spp.…”

“…The dominant agricultural soil types (chernozem, phaeozem and luvisol) in each county were set at a scale of 1:1,500,000 according to the Soil Atlas of Europe [ 57 ], which ensured statistical analysis at the regional level in Romania, as well as analysis and traceability at the European level. The soil types and pH were verified with official maps, scientific publications in pedology and other maps published online, but not mentioned because the number of references would have been higher [ 56 , 57 , 58 , 63 , 93 , 121 , 128 , 129 , 130 , 131 , 132 , 133 , 142 ]. In Romania, data on soil fertilization, pH correctors and other agricultural practices are not known because the triticale grading was done for sale.…”

“…1533.80 µg/kg), and Dobrogea (max. 1326.40 µg/kg) (Table 1 [57,64,[75][76][77][79][80][81][82]90,[128][129][130][131][132][133]. The geographic distribution of Fusarium spp.…”

Deep Learning for Monitoring Agricultural Drought in South Asia Using Remote Sensing Data

“…The rank-based Mann-Kendall method, a nonparametric test, was applied to track the increasing and decreasing trends of drought over South Asia at the pixel level during 2001-2016. The Mann-Kendall test, expressed by Mann [76] and explained by Kendall [77], is commonly used for trend detection in the case of time series of environmental, climate and hydrological data [78,79], as well as droughts and aridities of very different spatiotemporal ranges in other very remote regions [80,81]. In general, the Mann-Kendal test follows a monotonic trend rather than a strictly linear trend [82].…”

Mineral magnetic properties of loess–paleosol couplets of northern Serbia over the last 1.0 Ma

“…The region is located at the interface of continental, Atlantic, and Mediterranean climate regimes (Obreht et al, 2016), and it has a moderate continental climate with cold winters and hot and humid summers (Gavrilov et al, 2019). In Vojvodina, the mean annual surface air temperature is 11.3°C and the mean annual precipitation is approximately 600 mm (Gavrilov et al, 2020). Surface winds blow from two prevailing opposite directions, independent of seasons.…”