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Droughts in the area of Poland in recent centuries in the light of multi-proxy data
Department of Meteorology and Climatology, Faculty of Earth Sciences and Spatial Management, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland
Centre for Climate Change Research, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland
Piotr Oliński
Department of Medieval History, Institute of History and Archival
Sciences, Faculty of History, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń,
Poland
Centre for Climate Change Research, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland
Marcin Koprowski
Department of Ecology and Biogeography, Faculty of Biological and Veterinary Sciences, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland
Centre for Climate Change Research, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland
Janusz Filipiak
Department of Meteorology and Climatology, Institute of Geography,
Faculty of Oceanography and Geography, University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland
Aleksandra Pospieszyńska
Department of Meteorology and Climatology, Faculty of Earth Sciences and Spatial Management, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland
Centre for Climate Change Research, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland
Waldemar Chorążyczewski
Department of Medieval History, Institute of History and Archival
Sciences, Faculty of History, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń,
Poland
Centre for Climate Change Research, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland
Radosław Puchałka
Department of Ecology and Biogeography, Faculty of Biological and Veterinary Sciences, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland
Centre for Climate Change Research, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland
Henryk Paweł Dąbrowski
Dendroarchaeological Laboratory, Archaeological Museum in Biskupin,
Biskupin, Poland
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The paper presents the main features of droughts in Poland in the period 996–2015 based on proxy data (documentary and dendrochronological) and instrumental measurements of precipitation. More than 100 droughts were found in documentary sources from the mid-15th century to the end of the 18th century with a maximum in the second halves of the 17th and, particularly, the 18th century. The long-term frequency of droughts in Poland has been stable for the last two or three centuries.
The paper presents the main features of droughts in Poland in the period 996–2015 based on...
