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Weathers stations with maximum air temperature > 40°C, measured in 2 or more consecutive days (map)
Regions at risk of heat waves with maximum air temperature > 34°C, at least 5 consecutive days (map)
Municipalities in Bulgaria with measured maximum air temperature over 40îÑ (map)
Anomalies of average annual temperature in Bulgaria (1998 - 2006), relative to 1961-1990: (animated map)
07.09.2009: Advanced Training Workshop MSG Land Surface Applications: Drought & Fires, Sofia 7-10 September 2009 (more)
30.06.2009: Bulgaria sees drought slashing 2009 wheat crop by 20 % (more)
18.06.2009: Drought leads to water regime in Bulgarian villages (more)
05.12.2008: Drought caused the decline of the Roman Empire? (more in Bulgarian)
23.07.2007: Kozloduy Municipality is in distress because of drought (more in Bulgarian)
14.05.2007: Bulgaria is threatened by drought (more)
Operational maps:
measured 24 hours accumulated precipitation (in Bulgarian) (more: NIMH Division of Hydroforecasts)
Fire index (more in Bulgarian: NIMH info center)
Soil moisture (on page 7 in the NIMH monthly bulletin, in Bulgarian)
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Archive maps/graphics:
Animated monthly anomalies (in %) of precipitation (in weather stations and NUTS3 units) in Bulgaria (January-July, 2007), relative to current climate
Animated anomalies (in %) of annual precipitation in Bulgaria, in selected years (movie)
Air temperature and precipitation in Sofia - 2006/2007
Air temperature and precipitation in Sofia - 2005/2006
Alexandrov, V. , 2005. Soil drought in Bulgaria: report
Alexandrov, V. , 2005. Weather scenarios for the 21st century and their connection to soil droughts report
Alexandrov, V. , 2006. Soil drought monitoring - an overview report
Alexandrov, V. , 2006. Concept on monitoring soil drought in Bulgaria report
Alexandrov, V. and P.Simeonov, 2002. Climate Change and Drought in
Alexandrov, V., 1995. Climate Variability and Drought in Bulgaria. In: Tsiourtis, N. (ed.), Water Resources Management under Drought or Water Shortage Conditions. Balkema, Rotterdam, Brookfield, The Netherlands, pp. 35-42.
Alexandrov, V., 1997. A Decision Support System for Agrotechnology Transfer (DSSAT) as an Approach for Irrigation Planing and Management of Maize Crop in Bulgaria. In: Refsgaard, J. and E.Karalis (eds.), 1997. Operational Water Management. Balkema, Rotterdam, Brookfield, The Netherlands, pp. 237-244.
Alexandrov, V., 2004. Climate variability and change and related drought on Balkan Peninsula. Proceedings of the Conference on Water Observation and Information System for Decision Support (BALWOIS) Ohrid, Macedonia, 25-29 May 2004, (CD) 14 pp.
Alexandrov, V., 2005. Role and involvement of Bulgarian meteorologists in the implementation of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification at national level. Proceedings of the Technical Workshop on Drought Preparedness in the Balkans within the context of UNCCD, UNCCD Secretariat, Bon, Germany, (CD) 22 pp.
Alexandrov, V. and M.Genev, 2004. The Effect of Climate Variability and Change on Water Resources in Bulgaria. In: Webb, B., N.Arnell, C.Onof, N.Maclntyre, R. Gurney and C.Kirby (eds.). 2004. Hydrology: Science and Practice for the 21st century. British Hydrological Society, Krips Publ., The Netherlands, vol. 1, pp.1-8.
Alexandrov, V., B. Dubuisson, J-M. Moisselin and E. Koleva, 2006. A case study on Utilization of Precipitation Indices in Bulgaria. Proceedings of the International conference on Water Observation and Information System for Decision Support (BALWOIS), Ohrid, Macedonia, 23-26 May 2006, (CD) 18 pp.
Georgiev, G. and V. Alexandrov, 1993. Simulation of Soil Moisture Dynamics. IDOJARAS, Quarterly Journal of the Hungarian Meteorological Service 97(1): 43-50.
Knight, C. G., I. Raev and M. Staneva (eds.). 2004. Drought in Bulgaria: A Contemporary Analog for Climate Change. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate Publishing Limited
Koleva Ek., V.Alexandrov, 2008. Drought in the Bulgarian low regions during the 20th century. Theoretical and Applied Climatology 92(1-2): 113-120.
Koleva, E. V.Alexandrov and N.Slavov, 2004. Drought periods during the XXth century in Bulgaria. Proceedings of the Conference on Water Observation and Information System for Decision Support (BALWOIS) Ohrid, Macedonia, (CD) 7 pp.
Penkova, N., J. Beltrao, G. Oron, M. Salgot, V. Alexandrov, V. Khaydarova, G. Menzhulin and L. Pobereijsky, 2002. Secondary Wastewater Reuse as a Component of Integrated Water Resources Management: Results of International Cooperative Study. Proceedings of the European Water Resources Association 5th International Conference on Water Resources Management in the Era of Transition, Athens, Greece, pp. 366-374.
Sharov, V., P. Ivanov and V. Alexandrov, 1994. Meteorological and Agrometeorological Aspects of Drought in Bulgaria. Romanian Journal of Hydrology & Water Resources 1(2): 163-172.
Slavov, N. and V. Alexandrov, 1994. Drought and its Impact on Grain Yield of Maize. Proceedings of the 17th European Conference on Irrigation and Drainage, Modification of Irrigation Schedule of Crops due to Scarcity of Water, Vol. 1, pp. 321-327.
Tomov, N, N.Slavov and V. Alexandrov, 1996. Drought and Maize Productivity in Bulgaria. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Drought and Plant Production, Vol.1, Beograd, Yugoslavia, pp. 169-176.
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