SOME ISSUES RELATED TO DRYNESS AND DROUGHT PHENOMENA
IN THE BUCHAREST METROPOLITAN AREA
INES GRIGORESCU , CARMEN-SOFIA DRAGOTĂ
ABSTRACT. – Some issues related to dryness and drought phenomena in the
Bucharest Metropolitan Area. Dryness and drought phenomena are the most complex
climatic hazards occurred in southern Romania. Assessing these restrictive
climatic phenomena is fundamental in explaining their role in landscape dynamics
and vulnerabilities. The paper is willing to point out some aspects related to
climatic conditions of dryness and drought in the Bucharest Metropolitan Area
based on annual, monthly and daily extreme climatic values from all the
meteorological stations of concern (1961…2007).
The authors aim at assessing dryness and drought phenomena by means of the main
related parameters: the frequency of summer days with characteristic
temperatures, heat waves (case-studies: 2000 and 2007) and positive thermal
singularities, relevant climatic indexes (Palfy Aridity Index).
Keywords: dryness and drought, Bucharest Metropolitan Area, heat waves, thermal
singularities.