Climate Variability and Human Impacts in Central Europe Based on Documentary and Instrumental Data

Dear Colleagues,

As a densely populated and economically productive region of Europe, Central Europe is under the pressure of recent climate change. This is reflected in its changed variability and enhanced human impacts. Because of quite dramatic climate projections, the knowledge of past and recent climate variability and existing human impacts is key for understanding and mitigating future expected changes. The focus of this Special Issue concentrates on characterizing long-term climate variability on the scale of past 500-year climate reconstructions based on documentary data (temperature, precipitation, droughts) as well as on the analysis of recent climate change based on instrumental meteorological observations (temperature, precipitation, snow cover, etc.) with respect to circulation patterns in Central Europe. Particular attention is devoted to the analysis of climate anomalies, climate and weather extremes with the most serious impacts on human society. These types of studies focus particularly on the most endangered sectors of human society represented, among others, by loss of human lives and material damage caused by hydrometeorological extremes. The knowledge obtained from proposed studies seems to be crucial for understanding recent and future climate change and for the management of adaptation measures for ensuring future sustainable environmental development in this part of Europe.

Dr. Rudolf Brázdil
Dr. Miroslav Trnka
Dr. Petr Dobrovolný
Dr. Petr Stepanek
Dr. Lukáš Dolák
Guest Editors

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