Features of the Cold Season Weather in the Volgograd Region
Forestry, forestry, forest crops, agroforestry, landscaping, forest pyrology and taxation (agricultural sciences) (сельскохозяйственные науки)
UDC 551.5:631.6.02
DOI: 10.34736/FNC.2023.123.4.004.30-35
Anastasia V. Kulik, Cand. Sci. (Agr.), kulik-a@vfanc.ru, ORCID 0000-0001-8736-5464, Senior Researcher of the Soil Erosion Protection Laboratory
“Federal Scientific Centre of Agroecology, Complex Melioration and Protective Afforestation of the Russian Academy of Sciences” (FSC of agroecology RAS), info@vfanc.ru, 400062, Volgograd, pr-t Universitetskij, 97, Russia
Abstract.The analysis of multiannual meteorological information for the cold period (from
November to March) was carried out. In the Volgograd Region, data from 17 meteorological
stations were analyzed. It has been established that high-water winters have become more
frequent over the past decade. The amount of precipitation prevailed over the average annual
norm by more than 100 mm. It was revealed that their increase was due to the precipitation of
rains during periods of thaw, the number of which began to increase. The average seasonal air
temperature over the cold period has increased by 3.3°C in the north of the Region and by 2.9°C in
the southeast over the past 60 years. It has been established that, on average, the total warming
of winters occurs by 0.05°C per year. Against this background, the duration of the cold period is
also shortened. Precipitation in the form of rains during winter together with periodic freezing of
the soil surface increases the risk of erosion processes. For this reason, the need to create
sustainable agroecosystems (especially on sloping lands) through the implementation of an
agroforestry measures set increases. The blizzard activity is analyzed, which makes it possible to
identify exposures of slopes from which the snow is blown away based on the construction of
blizzard wind roses.
Keywords:cold season, air temperature, precipitation, snow, rain, snow cover
Funding.The work was carried out in accordance with the plan of the state task “Theoretical bases
of erosion-hydrological process on watersheds, conceptual directions, ways and principles of
creation of highly effective ecological systems of management of this process with the purpose of
full prevention of soil erosion” (№ FNFE-2022-0012).
Citation:. Kulik А.V. Features of the Cold Season Weather in the Volgograd Region. Scientific
Agronomy Journal.2023;4(123):30-35. DOI: 10.34736/ FNC.2023.123.4.004.30-35
Поступила в редакцию: 06.10.2023
Accepted for printing: 07.12.2023
