Spatiotemporal variations in climate moisture indices in Georgia under global warming
- Authors: Elizbarashvili E.S.1,2, Elizbarashvili M.E.3, Kutaladze N.B.4, Keggenhoff I.5, Elizbarashvili S.E.1, Kikvadze B.M.6, Gogia N.M.3
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Affiliations:
- Institute of Hydrometeorology of Georgia
- Iakob Gogebashvili Telavi State University
- Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University
- National Environmental Agency
- Justus Liebig University Giessen, Erwin-Stein-Gebäude
- Ilia State University
- Issue: Vol 41, No 4 (2016)
- Pages: 261-267
- Section: Article
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/1068-3739/article/view/229599
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068373916040051
- ID: 229599
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Abstract
Using observational data from 50 weather stations in Georgia for the period of 1936-2013, the following climate indices of moisture regime are studied: maximum 1-day precipitation, maximum 5-day precipitation, the simple daily intensity index, the number of days with precipitation equal to not less than 10, 20, and 50 mm, number of consecutive wet and dry days. Geoinformation maps of the spatial structure are plotted, and the dynamics of these indices is studied for the period of global warming. Expected changes in the moisture regime in different physiographic regions in Georgia are assessed.
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About the authors
E. Sh. Elizbarashvili
Institute of Hydrometeorology of Georgia; Iakob Gogebashvili Telavi State University
Author for correspondence.
Email: eelizbar@hotmail.com
Georgia, pr. Davida Agmashenebeli 150a, Tbilisi, 0112; ul. Kartuli Universiteti 1, Telavi, 2200
M. E. Elizbarashvili
Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University
Email: eelizbar@hotmail.com
Georgia, pr. Chavchavadze 1, Tbilisi, 0218
N. B. Kutaladze
National Environmental Agency
Email: eelizbar@hotmail.com
Georgia, pr. D. Agmashenebeli 150, Tbilisi, 0112
I. Keggenhoff
Justus Liebig University Giessen, Erwin-Stein-Gebäude
Email: eelizbar@hotmail.com
Germany, Goethestrasse 58, Giessen, 35390
Sh. E. Elizbarashvili
Institute of Hydrometeorology of Georgia
Email: eelizbar@hotmail.com
Georgia, pr. Davida Agmashenebeli 150a, Tbilisi, 0112
B. M. Kikvadze
Ilia State University
Email: eelizbar@hotmail.com
Georgia, pr. Kakutsa Cholokashvili 3/5, Tbilisi, 0162
N. M. Gogia
Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University
Email: eelizbar@hotmail.com
Georgia, pr. Chavchavadze 1, Tbilisi, 0218