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Analysis of Frosts Observed in the End of April 2016 and the Associated Damages for Fruit Farming
Zahradníček, Pavel ; Rožnovský, J. ; Štěpánek, Petr ; Chuchma, F.
Air temperatures below 0°C, the so-called vegetation period frosts, have always been a problem in the climate conditions of the Czech Republic. The 2015/2016 winter as relatively mild, as well as the following beginning of spring and April. Major damages were caused by sudden rapid drop in air temperatures in the period between 25th and 30th April 2016, as a result of very cold air from the North. Air temperature began to fall on 19th April 2016, but only ground temperatures were below freezing point. Between 25th and 30th April, however, even air temperatures measured at 2m above the ground dropped below 0°C. All over the country, the minimum temperatures were below 0°C, usually between -2 and -4°C. The lowest minimum ground air temperatures were below -5°C at 85% of the area of the Czech Republic. In Moravia, the minimum ground air temperature was below 0°C on five days, in Bohemia it was every day in the period between 25th and 30th April 2016. It should be emphasized that during the flowering time of fruit trees without leaves, the flowers form an active surface. Due to radiation the flower temperature is often even lower than the measured ground air temperature minimum. This analysis does not include the effects of terrain, which determines positions of frost basins.
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