Changes of temperature-related agroclimatic indices in Poland

Graczyk, D.; Kundzewicz, Zbigniew W.

doi:10.1007/s00704-015-1429-7

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Changes of temperature-related agroclimatic indices in Poland

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Graczyk, D.
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Graczyk, D., Kundzewicz, Z. W. (2016): Changes of temperature-related agroclimatic indices in Poland. - Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 124, 1, 401-410.
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Abstract

The agricultural sector in Poland is of considerable social and economic importance for the nation. Climate variability and change are of primary relevance to this largely climate-dependent sector. Changes in seven temperature-related agroclimatic indices (lengths of the growing season and of the frost-free season, days of occurrence of the last spring frost and of the first autumn frost; and annual sums of growing degree-days for three values of temperature threshold) in Poland in 1951–2010 are examined. As expected, they generally correspond to the overwhelming and ubiquitous warming. Many, but not all, detected trends are statistically significant. However, for some indices, strong natural variability overshadows eventual trends. Projections of temperature-related agroclimatic indices for the future, based on regional climate models, are also discussed.