Reconstruction and regime change analysis of manually recorded meteorological data from the Botanical Garden in Sopron, Hungary

Muraközy, Lili and Kovács, Gábor and Szolgay, Ján and Kalicz, Péter and Výleta, Roman and Gribovszki, Zoltán (2025) Reconstruction and regime change analysis of manually recorded meteorological data from the Botanical Garden in Sopron, Hungary. ACTA HYDROLOGICA SLOVACA, 26 (1). pp. 82-91. ISSN 1335-6291

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Abstract

Meteorological observations in Sopron began in the early 18th century and have been carried out daily without interruption since 1870. From 1924 to 1974, the Botanical Garden's meteorological station served as the official station, which was then moved to the Kuruc Hill. The paper focuses on reconstructing and unifying the data of the Botanical Garden station, which continued to be operated by the University of Sopron on a voluntary basis. The data was examined, corrected and gaps reconstructed and crosschecked with the homogenized series of Kuruc Hill. This paper aims to demonstrate how abandoned local historical data and simple exploratory analysis with new simple metrics and comparative reasoning can be used to look for changes in data series. The reconstructed Botanical Garden series was used to detect local changes due to climate and landuse change and the impact of urbanization between the 1930–60 and 1989–2019 periods. The distribution and quantity of air temperature and precipitation were examined on annual, monthly and daily time scales. Differences in the water balance elements between the two periods were detected by the Thornthwaite monthly water balance model. © 2025, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Hydrology. All rights reserved.

Tudományterület / tudományág

agricultural sciences
natural sciences > environmental science

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Soproni Egyetem

Item Type:	Article
SWORD Depositor:	Teszt Sword
Depositing User:	Csaba Horváth
Identification Number:	MTMT:36228233
Date Deposited:	08 Jul 2025 08:20
Last Modified:	08 Jul 2025 08:20
URI:	http://publicatio.uni-sopron.hu/id/eprint/3698

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