Polish Climate in the European Context: An Historical Overview

• The European Background.- Climate Change in Poland in the Past Centuries and its Relationship to European Climate: Evidence from Reconstructions and Coupled Climate Models.- Historical Climate in Central Europe During the Last 500 Years.- Climatic Variations in the East European Plain During the Last Millennium: State of the Art.- The Climate of Europe in Recent Centuries in the Context of the Climate of Mid to High Latitude Northern Hemisphere from Borehole Temperature Logs.- The Climate of Poland in Recent Centuries: A Synthesis of Current Knowledge.- Instrumental Observations.- Documentary Evidence.- Dendrochronological Data.- Geophysical Data.- Concluding Remarks to Part II.- The Climate of Poland and Europe in Recent Centuries: New Findings Results.- Long-Term Changes of Bioclimatic Conditions in Cracow (Poland).- Climate Warming in the Czech Republic: Evidence Stored in Shallow Subsurface.- History of the Gda?sk Pre-Instrumental and Instrumental Record of Meteorological Observations and Analysis of Selected Air Pressure Observations.- A Composite Reconstruction of the Russian Arctic Climate Back to A.D. 1435.- Growth/Climate Relationships in Tree-Ring Widths of Picea Abies in Lithuania and Poland.- Multi-Annual Variability of Cloudiness and Sunshine Duration in Cracow Between 1826 and 2005.- Changes in Sea Surface Temperature of the South Baltic Sea (1854–2005).- Ground Surface Temperature Histories Reconstructed from Boreholes in Poland: Implications for Spatial Variability.- Precipitation Extremes and Disastrous Floods in Central Europe in July 1897.- Summer Temperatures in the Tatra Mountains During the Maunder Minimum (1645–1715).- Seasonal Differentiation of Maximum and Minimum Air Temperature in Cracow and Prague in the Period 1836–2007.- ClimateChanges in the Central and North-Eastern Parts of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1656 to 1685.- The Climate of Polish Lands as Viewed by Chroniclers, Writers and Scientists.- Observations and Measurements of Precipitation in the Polish Province of Galicia in the Nineteenth Century.- Variability of the European Climate on the Basis of Differentiation of Indicators of Continentalism.- The First One Hundred Years (1791–1890) of the Wroc?aw Air Temperature Series.

From the reviews: "This book is a valuable tool integrating Polish, Central and Eastern European climate research into the global context. It is, as such, a must for climate researchers worldwide." (Gaston Demaree, Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium) "This volume marks a significant step forward in our understanding of European climatic history." (Christian Pfister, University of Bern)