Changes in bioclimatic indices in the Republic of Moldova (1960–2012): consequences for tourism

Mihăilă, Dumitru; Piticar, Adrian; Briciu, Andrei-Emil; Bistricean, Petruț-Ionel; Lazurca, Liliana Gina; Anatolie, Puţuntică

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“…To protect the population from similar events, it becomes essential to identify when and in the presence of what weather conditions the state of health and well-being may be at risk. To monitor the intensity of heat and the resulting physiological discomfort in humans, there are various indices, all based on the perception of meteorological parameters such as temperature and relative humidity [32,33].…”

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Evaluation of Bioclimatic Discomfort Trend in a Central Area of the Mediterranean Sea

Monforte

Ragusa

2022

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Effects of climate change are perceived in ever larger areas of the planet. Heat waves occur with increasing frequency, constituting a risk to the population, especially for the most sensitive subjects. Preventive information to the population on the characteristics of the phenomenon and on the behavior to be supported is the means to reduce the health risks. To monitor the intensity of heat and the physiological discomfort perceived by humans, there are indices based on the perception of meteorological parameters such as temperature and relative humidity. In this work, by applying the Thom Discomfort Index (TDI), the first bioclimatic characterization of the provinces that make up Sicily, a Mediterranean region defined as a hotspot for climate change, was performed by the authors. The nonparametric Mann–Kendall test was applied to the daily values of the TDI in all provinces in order to verify the presence of significant trends. The test results highlighted the existence of increasing trends, especially in the months of August and September, when the TDI value undergoes a significant increase due not only to high temperatures, as one might expect, but above all to a high humidity rate. When these two meteorological parameters reach certain values, the physiological discomfort from humid heat represents a risk to the population.

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Evaluation of Bioclimatic Discomfort Trend in a Central Area of the Mediterranean Sea

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Ragusa

2022

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“…Hence, climate and weather can affect the tourism business model. Because of these aforementioned reasons, understanding both local climate conditions through the year and their trends is thus of great importance, not only for developing strategies for the mitigation of climate change impact but also for tourism development [2][3][4].…”

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Evaluation of the Tourism Climate Index in the Canary Islands

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In this study, we performed a diagnostic and evolutive analysis of the bioclimatology of the Canary Islands, an Atlantic archipelago where the climate itself is a main feature promoting tourism. Among all the tourist-climate indices described in the literature, we evaluated the most widely used, which is the Tourism Climate Index (TCI) proposed by Mieczkowski (1985). Monthly mean TCI time series were calculated using meteorological data from the Spanish State Meteorological Agency database and the European Climate Assessment and Dataset. Our results show TCI values greater than 50 during almost every month in the period 1950–2018, with mean values over the entire time series between 70 and 80. According to the TCI classification scheme, these values correspond to a very good thermal comfort along all of the period. Our results also point to spring as the season with the best TCI, with maximum values around 80 for this index in April—excellent according to the TCI classification. However, we did not find a correlation between inbound arrivals and the TCI index, which might point to a lack of information available to tourists. This opens an opportunity for policymakers and tour operators to better publicize the best seasons for holidays in the islands.

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“…ცხჽილში 2.12. მოცემულია ქაჽის მიმაჽთულებისა და შტილის განმეო-ჽადობა (%), ხოლო ნახაზზე 7-10 ქაჽის ვაჽდულები პუნქტების მიხედვით ცხჽილი2.12. ქაჽის მიმაჽთულებისა და შტილის განმეოჽადობა (%) [50,62,64,67,73,80,116,120,152,168,169,198,199] . ) და სეტყვიან ) და სეტყვიან დღეთა ჽაოდენობის ცვლილება ) თბილი პეჽიოდისთვის Table 4.1.2.…”

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Weather, Climate and Their Change Regularities for the Conditions of Georgia

Kartvelishvili¹,

Tatishvili²,

Amiranashvili³

et al. 2023

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Publishing House "UNIVERSAL"Tbilisi 2023 4In the monograph "Weather, climate and their change regularities for the conditions of Georgia" the natural factors causing the formation and variability of weather, as well as one of the important problems of modernity, climate change and causing reasons are studied in the complex manner using modern technologies. The data of the ground based hydrometeorological network and satellite observations of the Earth Observation Mission are used. The impact of climate change on the number of sectors of the country's economy (construction industry, tourism, healthcare, education and others) has been evaluated. The monograph has both scientific and practical value. The monograph is intended for specialists working in this field and the wide society. It can be used as the supplementary handbook for students of the Faculty of Natural Sciences of higher education institutions. EditorsZurab Khvedelidze -Dr. of Phys.-Math. Scie. Professor Ramaz Chitanava -Doctor of Geography Permanent representative of the World Meteorological Organization in Georgia Reviewers Revaz Shanidze -Dr. of Phys.-Math. Scie. Professor Nino Kezevadze -Doctor of Geography The monograph was published with the financial support of Shota Rustaveli Science Foundation Grant №SP-22-1253

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Changes in bioclimatic indices in the Republic of Moldova (1960–2012): consequences for tourism

Cited by 4 publications

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Evaluation of Bioclimatic Discomfort Trend in a Central Area of the Mediterranean Sea

Evaluation of Bioclimatic Discomfort Trend in a Central Area of the Mediterranean Sea

Evaluation of the Tourism Climate Index in the Canary Islands

Weather, Climate and Their Change Regularities for the Conditions of Georgia

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