Skip to main content
Have a personal or library account? Click to login
Climatic Determinants of Changes in the Ice Regime of Carpathian Rivers Cover

Climatic Determinants of Changes in the Ice Regime of Carpathian Rivers

Open Access
|Mar 2025

Figures & Tables

Fig. 1.

Study area and locations of measurement points.

Fig. 2.

Number of days with ice cover (IC) at each station (top panel) and the ratio of the share of total ice cover (TIC) and border ice (BI) in the sum of days with ice cover (bottom panel).

Fig. 3.

Moving averages (5-year window) of dates on the first and last days of ice cover occurrence (sums of total ice and border ice).

Table 1.

Trend (1980–2020) and percentage change in the number of days with ice cover during the period 2001–2020 compared to the period 1980–2000 by month.

Station code% change in 2001–2020 compared to 1980–2000Trend [days per decade]
NovDecJanFebMarWinter
H1–94.9–38.8–23.5–37.1–30.0–36.4–11.1***
H2–93.5–30.3–14.1–25.2–15.0–25.8–8.9**
H3–54.30.716.65.015.74.9–3.0
H4–73.8–9.64.4–12.30.0–7.0–4.1
H5–67.6–5.3–5.0–14.9–19.3–13.1–6.7*
H6–84.5–8.53.711.224.5–0.6–0.8
H7–95.2–28.12.8–17.7–1.4–16.5–5.0*
H8–75.9–29.8–5.3–34.5–20.8–25.4–9.0***
H9–96.6–33.7–8.7–27.1–42.7–27.2–8.5**
H10–83.3–24.9–10.9–21.8–32.5–23.0–11.3***
H11–80.75.9–2.3–29.2–2.3–14.2–4.9
H12–67.3–23.4–13.0–29.8–32.1–27.0–11.4***
H13–61.0–12.9–5.9–17.7–39.5–20.4–9.6***

1*** Values that are statistically significant at the p<0.01 level (very strong evidence) are marked with three asterisks,

1** at the p<0.05 level (strong evidence) with two asterisks,

1* and at the p<0.1 level (possibility of a trend) with one asterisk.

Table 2.

Trends in average air temperature over the period 1980–2020 in the study area.

Station code/datasetTrend [°C per decade]
NovDecJanFebMarWinter
CRU-TS0.76***0.400.210.630.62*0.47**
C10.87***0.340.160.690.440.41*
C20.55**0.260.100.610.230.31
C30.74**0.400.210.680.240.40*
C40.71*0.130.500.92*0.400.47**
C50.79***0.190.230.640.210.37**
C60.85***0.430.440.67*0.380.49**
C70.85***0.440.380.76*0.260.49**

1*** Values that are statistically significant at the p < 0.01 level (very strong evidence) are marked with three asterisks,

1** at the p < 0.05 level (strong evidence) with two asterisks,

1* and at the p < 0.1 level (possibility of a trend) with one asterisk.

Table 3.

Trends in water temperature at gauging stations.

Station codeTrend [°C per decade]
NovDecJanFebMarWinter
H41.00***0.09–0.060.000.030.22***
H50.76***0.47***0.22**0.27**0.39**0.46***
H80.80***0.26*0.060.16**0.29*0.34***
H90.85***0.37***0.040.10*0.66***0.42***

1*** Values that are statistically significant at the p< 0.01 level (very strong evidence) are marked with three asterisks,

1** at the p< 0.05 level (strong evidence) with two asterisks,

1* and at the p< 0.1 level (possibility of a trend) with one asterisk.

Fig. 4.

Time series of streamflow at selected stations filtered using the MASH method for the period 1980–2020.

Table 4.

Trends in discharge at gauging stations.

Station codeTrend [m3 s−1 per decade]
NovDecJanFebMarWinter
H10.800.190.451.33**0.900.73**
H20.14–0.150.050.72**0.230.14
H30.15–0.090.090.820.170.20
H40.13–0.160.261.62**–0.310.11
H51.08*0.110.471.17**0.550.74**
H6–0.01–0.18–0.220.32–0.60–0.23
H70.04–0.17–0.190.89**–0.65–0.03
H80.040.02–0.030.55**–0.280.03
H91.420.050.692.68**1.101.24*
H101.14*0.200.431.83***0.680.98**
H110.00–0.250.150.82**–0.070.20
H120.23–0.160.78*0.93**0.740.55*
H130.730.120.77*1.53**1.43*1.09***

1*** Values that are statistically significant at the p< 0.01 level (very strong evidence) are marked with three asterisks,

1** at the p< 0.05 level (strong evidence) with two asterisks,

1* and at the p< 0.1 level (possibility of a trend) with one asterisk.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14746/quageo-2025-0009 | Journal eISSN: 2081-6383 | Journal ISSN: 2082-2103 (formerly 0137-477X)
Language: English
Page range: 131 - 143
Submitted on: Jan 9, 2025
Published on: Mar 15, 2025
Published by: Adam Mickiewicz University
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Related subjects:

© 2025 Maksymilian Fukś, Łukasz Wiejaczka, published by Adam Mickiewicz University
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.