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Department of Hydrology, Meteorology and Water Management, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, 02-787 Warsaw, Poland

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Data description paper
Published: 24 March 2021 in Earth System Science Data
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G2DC-PL+, a gridded 2 km daily climate dataset for the union of the Polish territory and the Vistula and Odra basins, is an update and extension of the CHASE-PL Forcing Data – Gridded Daily Precipitation and Temperature Dataset – 5 km (CPLFD-GDPT5). The latter was the first publicly available, high-resolution climate forcing dataset in Poland, used for a range of purposes including hydrological modelling and bias correction of climate projections. While the spatial coverage of the new dataset remained the same, it has undergone several major changes: (1) the time coverage was increased from 1951–2013 to 1951–2019; (2) its spatial resolution increased from 5 to 2 km; (3) the number of stations used for interpolation of temperature and precipitation approximately doubled; and (4) in addition to precipitation and temperature, the dataset consists of relative humidity and wind speed data. The main purpose for developing this product was the need for long-term areal climate data for earth-system modelling, and particularly hydrological modelling. Geostatistical methods (kriging) were used for interpolation of the studied climate variables. The kriging cross-validation revealed improved performance for precipitation compared to the original dataset expressed by the median of the root mean squared errors standardized by standard deviation of observations (0.59 vs. 0.79). Kriging errors were negatively correlated with station density only for the period 1951–1970. Values of the root mean squared error normalized to the standard deviation (RMSEsd) were equal to 0.52 and 0.4 for minimum and maximum temperature, respectively, suggesting a small to moderate improvement over the original dataset. Relative humidity and wind speed exhibited lower performance, with median RMSEsd equal to 0.82 and 0.87, respectively. The dataset is openly available from the 4TU Centre for Research Data at https://doi.org/10.4121/uuid:a3bed3b8-e22a-4b68-8d75-7b87109c9feb (Piniewski et al., 2020).

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Mikołaj Piniewski; Mateusz Szcześniak; Ignacy Kardel; Somsubhra Chattopadhyay; Tomasz Berezowski. G2DC-PL+: a gridded 2 km daily climate dataset for the union of the Polish territory and the Vistula and Odra basins. Earth System Science Data 2021, 13, 1273 -1288.

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Mikołaj Piniewski, Mateusz Szcześniak, Ignacy Kardel, Somsubhra Chattopadhyay, Tomasz Berezowski. G2DC-PL+: a gridded 2 km daily climate dataset for the union of the Polish territory and the Vistula and Odra basins. Earth System Science Data. 2021; 13 (3):1273-1288.

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Mikołaj Piniewski; Mateusz Szcześniak; Ignacy Kardel; Somsubhra Chattopadhyay; Tomasz Berezowski. 2021. "G2DC-PL+: a gridded 2 km daily climate dataset for the union of the Polish territory and the Vistula and Odra basins." Earth System Science Data 13, no. 3: 1273-1288.

Journal article
Published: 24 March 2021 in Water
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Floods are naturally occurring extreme hydrological events that affect stream habitats and biota at multiple extents. Benthic macroinvertebrates (BM) are widely used to assess ecological status in rivers, but their resistance and resilience to floods in medium-sized, temperate, lowland rivers in Europe have not been sufficiently studied. In this study, we quantified the effect of a moderate (5-year return period) yet long-lasting and unpredictable flood that occurred in summer 2020 on the BM community of the Jeziorka River in central Poland. To better understand the mechanisms by which the studied flood affected the BM community, we also evaluated the dynamics of hydrological, hydraulic, channel morphology, and water quality conditions across the studied 1300 m long reach. Continuous water level monitoring, stream depth surveying, and discharge measurements. As well, in-situ and lab-based water quality measurements were carried out between March and August 2020. BM communities were sampled three times at eight sites along the reach, once before and twice after the flood. High flow velocities during the flood resulted in stream bed instability leading to sand substrate movement that caused streambed aggradation by up to 0.2 m. Dissolved oxygen and ammonium-nitrogen were major drivers of BM community structure. Taxa richness, abundance, and the BMWP-PL index declined significantly, whereas Shannon evenness and Simpson diversity indices showed no significant change in the first post-flood sampling, as indicated by Kruskal–Wallis and Tukey tests. Non-metric multidimensional scaling (NMDS) analysis showed that community composition was also significantly affected by the flood. Seven weeks after the flood peak (August 2020 sampling), BM communities had fully recovered from the disturbance. The results can serve as a first approximation of the resistance and resilience of BM communities for relevant applications in other medium-sized, low-gradient, temperate rivers.

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Somsubhra Chattopadhyay; Paweł Oglęcki; Agata Keller; Ignacy Kardel; Dorota Mirosław-Świątek; Mikołaj Piniewski. Effect of a Summer Flood on Benthic Macroinvertebrates in a Medium-Sized, Temperate, Lowland River. Water 2021, 13, 885 .

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Somsubhra Chattopadhyay, Paweł Oglęcki, Agata Keller, Ignacy Kardel, Dorota Mirosław-Świątek, Mikołaj Piniewski. Effect of a Summer Flood on Benthic Macroinvertebrates in a Medium-Sized, Temperate, Lowland River. Water. 2021; 13 (7):885.

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Somsubhra Chattopadhyay; Paweł Oglęcki; Agata Keller; Ignacy Kardel; Dorota Mirosław-Świątek; Mikołaj Piniewski. 2021. "Effect of a Summer Flood on Benthic Macroinvertebrates in a Medium-Sized, Temperate, Lowland River." Water 13, no. 7: 885.

Research article
Published: 27 September 2020 in Ambio
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Riverine nutrient loads are among the major causes of eutrophication of the Baltic Sea. This study applied the Soil & Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) in three catchments flowing to the Baltic Sea, namely Vantaanjoki (Finland), Fyrisån (Sweden), and Słupia (Poland), to simulate the effectiveness of nutrient control measures included in the EU’s Water Framework Directive River Basin Management Plans (RBMPs). Moreover, we identified similar, coastal, middle-sized catchments to which conclusions from this study could be applicable. The first modelling scenario based on extrapolation of the existing trends affected the modelled nutrient loads by less than 5%. In the second scenario, measures included in RBMPs showed variable effectiveness, ranging from negligible for Słupia to 28% total P load reduction in Vantaanjoki. Adding spatially targeted measures to RBMPs (third scenario) would considerably improve their effectiveness in all three catchments for both total N and P, suggesting a need to adopt targeting more widely in the Baltic Sea countries.

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Mikołaj Piniewski; Sirkka Tattari; Jari Koskiaho; Olle Olsson; Faruk Djodjic; Marek Giełczewski; Paweł Marcinkowski; Marta Księżniak; Tomasz Okruszko. How effective are River Basin Management Plans in reaching the nutrient load reduction targets? Ambio 2020, 50, 706 -722.

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Mikołaj Piniewski, Sirkka Tattari, Jari Koskiaho, Olle Olsson, Faruk Djodjic, Marek Giełczewski, Paweł Marcinkowski, Marta Księżniak, Tomasz Okruszko. How effective are River Basin Management Plans in reaching the nutrient load reduction targets? Ambio. 2020; 50 (3):706-722.

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Mikołaj Piniewski; Sirkka Tattari; Jari Koskiaho; Olle Olsson; Faruk Djodjic; Marek Giełczewski; Paweł Marcinkowski; Marta Księżniak; Tomasz Okruszko. 2020. "How effective are River Basin Management Plans in reaching the nutrient load reduction targets?" Ambio 50, no. 3: 706-722.

Journal article
Published: 19 February 2020 in Science of The Total Environment
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The identification and prioritization of sites for conservation actions to protect biodiversity in lotic systems is crucial when economic resources or available areas are limited. Challenges include the incorporation of multi-scale interactions, and the application of species distribution models (SDMs) to rare organism with multiple life stages. To support the planning of conservation actions for the highly endangered Freshwater Pearl Mussel Margaritifera margaritifera (FPM), this paper aims at developing an ecohydrological modeling cascade including a hydrological model (SWAT) and a hydraulic model (HEC-RAS). Building on hydrology and hydraulics, Random Forest models for potential risk to juveniles due to sand accumulation, SDMs for adults habitat niche, and a landscape connectivity assessment of dispersal potential were developed. The feasibility of such models integration was tested in the Aist catchment (630 km2) in Austria. The potential FPM habitat and the sand accumulation risk for the whole catchment were predicted with good accuracy. Results show that while the potentially suitable habitats for adults FPM cover 34% of the river network, only few habitat patches can maximize the dispersal potential (4% of the river network) and even less are showing limited impact of accumulations (3.5% of river network). No habitat patch that meets all the three criteria is available, suggesting approaches that target the patch-specific critical life stage-factors are promising for conservation.

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Damiano Baldan; Mikolaj Piniewski; Andrea Funk; Clemens Gumpinger; Peter Flödl; Sarah Höfer; Christoph Hauer; Thomas Hein. A multi-scale, integrative modeling framework for setting conservation priorities at the catchment scale for the Freshwater Pearl Mussel Margaritifera margaritifera. Science of The Total Environment 2020, 718, 137369 .

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Damiano Baldan, Mikolaj Piniewski, Andrea Funk, Clemens Gumpinger, Peter Flödl, Sarah Höfer, Christoph Hauer, Thomas Hein. A multi-scale, integrative modeling framework for setting conservation priorities at the catchment scale for the Freshwater Pearl Mussel Margaritifera margaritifera. Science of The Total Environment. 2020; 718 ():137369.

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Damiano Baldan; Mikolaj Piniewski; Andrea Funk; Clemens Gumpinger; Peter Flödl; Sarah Höfer; Christoph Hauer; Thomas Hein. 2020. "A multi-scale, integrative modeling framework for setting conservation priorities at the catchment scale for the Freshwater Pearl Mussel Margaritifera margaritifera." Science of The Total Environment 718, no. : 137369.

Original paper
Published: 01 February 2020 in Theoretical and Applied Climatology
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Evidence shows that soil moisture (SM) anomalies (deficits or excesses) are the key factor affecting crop yield in rain-fed agriculture. Over last decades, Poland has faced several major droughts and at least one major soil moisture excess event leading to severe crop losses. This study aims to simulate the multi-annual variability of SM anomalies in Poland, using a process-based SWAT model and to assess the effect of climate change on future extreme SM conditions, potentially affecting crop yields in Poland. A crop-specific indicator based on simulated daily soil moisture content for the critical development stages of investigated crops (winter cereals, spring cereals, potato and maize) was designed, evaluated for past conditions against empirical crop-weather indices (CWIs), and applied for studying future climate conditions. The study used an ensemble of nine bias-corrected EURO-CORDEX projections for two future horizons: 2021–2050 and 2071–2100 under two Representative Concentration Pathways: RCP4.5 and 8.5. Historical simulation results showed that SWAT was capable of capturing major SM deficit and excess episodes for different crops in Poland. For spring cereals, potato and maize, despite a large model spread, projections generally showed increase of severity of soil moisture deficits, as well as of total area affected by them. Ensemble median fraction of land with extreme soil moisture deficits, occupied by each of these crops, is projected to at least double in size. The signals of change in soil moisture excesses for potato and maize were more dependent on selection of RCP and future horizon.

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Mikołaj Piniewski; Paweł Marcinkowski; Joanna O'Keeffe; Mateusz Szcześniak; Anna Nieróbca; Jerzy Kozyra; Zbigniew Kundzewicz; Tomasz Okruszko. Model-based reconstruction and projections of soil moisture anomalies and crop losses in Poland. Theoretical and Applied Climatology 2020, 140, 691 -708.

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Mikołaj Piniewski, Paweł Marcinkowski, Joanna O'Keeffe, Mateusz Szcześniak, Anna Nieróbca, Jerzy Kozyra, Zbigniew Kundzewicz, Tomasz Okruszko. Model-based reconstruction and projections of soil moisture anomalies and crop losses in Poland. Theoretical and Applied Climatology. 2020; 140 (1-2):691-708.

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Mikołaj Piniewski; Paweł Marcinkowski; Joanna O'Keeffe; Mateusz Szcześniak; Anna Nieróbca; Jerzy Kozyra; Zbigniew Kundzewicz; Tomasz Okruszko. 2020. "Model-based reconstruction and projections of soil moisture anomalies and crop losses in Poland." Theoretical and Applied Climatology 140, no. 1-2: 691-708.

Systematic map
Published: 19 December 2019 in Environmental Evidence
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Background Agriculture is the main sector responsible for nutrient emissions in the Baltic Sea Region and there is a growing pressure to identify cost-effective solutions towards reducing nitrogen and phosphorus loads originating from farming activities. Recycling resources from agricultural waste is central to the idea of a circular economy, and has the potential to address the most urgent problems related to nutrients use in the food chain, such as depletion of natural phosphorus reserves, water pollution and waste management. This systematic map examined what evidence exists relating to the effectiveness of ecotechnologies in agriculture for the recovery and reuse of carbon and/or nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorus) in the Baltic Sea region and other comparable boreo-temperate systems. Methods We searched for both academic and grey literature. English language searches were performed in 5 bibliographic databases and search platforms, and Google Scholar. Searches in 36 specialist websites were performed in English, Finnish, Polish and Swedish. The searches were restricted to the period 2013 to 2017. Eligibility screening was conducted at two levels: title and abstract (screened concurrently for efficiency) and full text. Meta-data was extracted from eligible studies including bibliographic details, study location, ecotechnology name and description, type of outcome (i.e. recovered or reused carbon and/or nutrients), type of ecotechnology in terms of recovery source, and type of reuse (in terms of the end-product). Findings are presented here narratively and in a searchable database, and are also visualised in a web-based evidence atlas (an interactive geographical information system). In addition, knowledge gaps and clusters have been identified in the evidence base and described in detail. Results We found 173 articles studying the effectiveness of 177 ecotechnologies. The majority of eligible articles were in English, originated from bibliographic databases and were published in 2016. Most studies with reported locations, and given our boreo-temperate scope, were conducted in Europe and North America. The three most prevalent ecotechnologies in the evidence base (collectively 40.7%) were; soil amendments, anaerobic digestion and (vermi)composting. Manure was the principal waste source used for recovery of nutrients or carbon, making up 55.4% of the all studies in evidence base, followed by a combination of manure and crop residues (22%). There were 51 studies with 14 ecotechnologies that reported on recovery of carbon and nutrients together, predominantly via (vermi)composting and anaerobic digestion. Only 27 studies focused on reuse of recovered nutrients and carbon through soil amendments. Conclusions This systematic map report provides an evidence base that can be useful for researchers and decision-makers in policy and practice working on transformation from linear to circular economy in the agricultural waste sector. Three potential topics for future systematic reviews are: (1) effectiveness of products recovered from different types of agricultural wastes as soil amendments or fertilizers; (2) effectiveness of anaerobic digestion as an ecotechnology used for recovery of nutrients and carbon; (3) effectiveness of composting and/or vermicomposting as ecotechnologies used for recovery of nutrients and carbon.

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Biljana Macura; Mikołaj Piniewski; Marta Księżniak; Paweł Osuch; Neal R. Haddaway; Filippa Ek; Karolin Andersson; Sirkka Tattari. Effectiveness of ecotechnologies in agriculture for the recovery and reuse of carbon and nutrients in the Baltic and boreo-temperate regions: a systematic map. Environmental Evidence 2019, 8, 1 -18.

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Biljana Macura, Mikołaj Piniewski, Marta Księżniak, Paweł Osuch, Neal R. Haddaway, Filippa Ek, Karolin Andersson, Sirkka Tattari. Effectiveness of ecotechnologies in agriculture for the recovery and reuse of carbon and nutrients in the Baltic and boreo-temperate regions: a systematic map. Environmental Evidence. 2019; 8 (1):1-18.

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Biljana Macura; Mikołaj Piniewski; Marta Księżniak; Paweł Osuch; Neal R. Haddaway; Filippa Ek; Karolin Andersson; Sirkka Tattari. 2019. "Effectiveness of ecotechnologies in agriculture for the recovery and reuse of carbon and nutrients in the Baltic and boreo-temperate regions: a systematic map." Environmental Evidence 8, no. 1: 1-18.

Journal article
Published: 21 October 2019 in Water
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Climate change is expected to affect the water cycle through changes in precipitation, river streamflow, and soil moisture dynamics, and therefore, present a threat to groundwater and surface water-fed wetland habitats and their biodiversity. This article examines the past trends and future impacts of climate change on riparian, water-dependent habitats within the special areas of conservation (SAC) of the Natura 2000 network located within Odra and Vistula River basins in Poland. Hydrological modelling using the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) was driven by a set of nine EURO-CORDEX regional climate models under two greenhouse gas concentration trajectories. Changes in the duration of flooding and inundation events were used to assess climate change’s impact on surface water-fed wetland habitats. The groundwater-fed wetlands were evaluated on the basis of changes in soil water content. Information about the current conservation status, threats, and pressures that affect the habitats suggest that the wetlands might dry out. Increased precipitation projected for the future causing increased water supply to both surface water and groundwater-fed wetlands would lead to beneficial outcomes for habitats with good, average, or reduced conservation status. However, habitats with an excellent conservation status that are already in optimum condition could be negatively affected by climate change as increased soil water or duration of overbank flow would exceed their tolerance.

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Joanna O’Keeffe; Paweł Marcinkowski; Marta Utratna; Mikołaj Piniewski; Ignacy Kardel; Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz; Tomasz Okruszko; O’ Keeffe. Modelling Climate Change’s Impact on the Hydrology of Natura 2000 Wetland Habitats in the Vistula and Odra River Basins in Poland. Water 2019, 11, 2191 .

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Joanna O’Keeffe, Paweł Marcinkowski, Marta Utratna, Mikołaj Piniewski, Ignacy Kardel, Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz, Tomasz Okruszko, O’ Keeffe. Modelling Climate Change’s Impact on the Hydrology of Natura 2000 Wetland Habitats in the Vistula and Odra River Basins in Poland. Water. 2019; 11 (10):2191.

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Joanna O’Keeffe; Paweł Marcinkowski; Marta Utratna; Mikołaj Piniewski; Ignacy Kardel; Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz; Tomasz Okruszko; O’ Keeffe. 2019. "Modelling Climate Change’s Impact on the Hydrology of Natura 2000 Wetland Habitats in the Vistula and Odra River Basins in Poland." Water 11, no. 10: 2191.

Journal article
Published: 27 September 2019 in Journal of Hydrology
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With conventional water quality monitoring based on grab sampling, usually carried out once a month, it is quite challenging to obtain reliable sediment and nutrient loading estimates, which is a pre-requisite for testing of water quality models. Despite the growing availability of high-frequency water quality monitoring data obtained by using modern sensors, their use in the calibration of water quality models is still limited. The main objective of this study is to evaluate six years of continuous, high-frequency water quality monitoring data set from a case study carried out in a medium-sized, boreal catchment in southern Finland to be used as a source for the calibration and testing of the Soil & Water Assessment Tool (SWAT). This objective is accomplished by developing a set of ‘sub-sampling’ scenarios focused on quantifying the effect of the sampling frequency (12 vs. 26 samples per year) and strategy (regular vs. flow-proportional sampling) on the model performance and output uncertainty. The goodness-of-fit of the model calibrated against high-frequency data (‘benchmark’), evaluated using the Kling-Gupta Efficiency index for total suspended solids (TSS), nitrate and total nitrogen (NO3-N and TN) and total phosphorus (TP) daily loads ranged between 0.76 and 0.83 (0.69 and 0.73 in validation period). Overall, the model calibrated against low-frequency data performed worse when evaluated against high-frequency data and compared with the benchmark model for each of the studied water quality parameters. The results show that increasing the sampling frequency from 12 to 26 samples per year leads to an improvement in the model performance, particularly for TSS and TP loads. In contrast to the sampling frequency, the evidence for the effect of the sampling strategy on the model performance was much weaker. The model output uncertainty due to different realizations of sub-sampling scenarios was high for four analysed output indices: basin-averaged, long-term average annual values of soil erosion rate, denitrification rate, NO3-N yield and soluble P yield. This study demonstrates that more attention should be paid to the calibration data as a source of uncertainty in model predictions. It also provides evidence for either a wider adoption of modern sensors providing high-frequency data, or for increasing the grab sampling frequency to reduce the uncertainty of loading estimates, particularly in rivers with flashy flow regime such as the Vantaanjoki River.

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Mikołaj Piniewski; Paweł Marcinkowski; Jari Koskiaho; Sirkka Tattari. The effect of sampling frequency and strategy on water quality modelling driven by high-frequency monitoring data in a boreal catchment. Journal of Hydrology 2019, 579, 124186 .

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Mikołaj Piniewski, Paweł Marcinkowski, Jari Koskiaho, Sirkka Tattari. The effect of sampling frequency and strategy on water quality modelling driven by high-frequency monitoring data in a boreal catchment. Journal of Hydrology. 2019; 579 ():124186.

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Mikołaj Piniewski; Paweł Marcinkowski; Jari Koskiaho; Sirkka Tattari. 2019. "The effect of sampling frequency and strategy on water quality modelling driven by high-frequency monitoring data in a boreal catchment." Journal of Hydrology 579, no. : 124186.

Systematic map protocol
Published: 22 January 2019 in Environmental Evidence
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The degradation of the water quality of the Baltic Sea is an ongoing problem, despite investments in measures to reduce external inputs of pollutants and nutrients from both diffuse and point sources. Excessive inputs of nutrients coming from the surrounding land are among the primary causes of the Baltic Sea eutrophication. Diffuse sources, of which most originate from agricultural activities, are two dominant riverine pollution pathways for both nitrogen and phosphorus. Recently, there is growing attention on the reuse of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus from agricultural waste streams. However, to our knowledge, no comprehensive and systematic assessment of ecotechnologies focusing on recovery or reuse of these substances in the agricultural sector is available. This map will examine what evidence exists relating to effectiveness of ecotechnologies (here defined as ‘human interventions in social-ecological systems in the form of practices and/or biological, physical, and chemical processes designed to minimise harm to the environment and provide services of value to society’) in agriculture for the reuse of carbon and/or nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorus) in the Baltic Sea region and boreo-temperate systems. We will search for both academic and grey literature: English language searches will be performed in 4 bibliographic databases and search platforms, and Google Scholar, while searches in 38 specialist websites will be performed in English, Finnish, Polish and Swedish. The searches will be restricted to the period 2013 to 2017. Eligibility screening will be conducted at two levels: title and abstract (screened concurrently for efficiency) and full text. Meta-data will be extracted from eligible studies including bibliographic details, study location, ecotechnology name and description, type of outcome (i.e. recovered or reused carbon and/or nutrients), type of ecotechnology in terms of recovery source, and type of reuse (in terms of the end-product). Findings will be presented narratively and in a searchable geographically explicit database, visualised in an evidence atlas (an interactive geographical information system). Knowledge gaps and knowledge clusters in the evidence base will be identified and described.

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Neal R. Haddaway; Mikołaj Piniewski; Biljana Macura. What evidence exists relating to effectiveness of ecotechnologies in agriculture for the recovery and reuse of carbon and nutrients in the Baltic and boreo-temperate regions? A systematic map protocol. Environmental Evidence 2019, 8, 5 .

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Neal R. Haddaway, Mikołaj Piniewski, Biljana Macura. What evidence exists relating to effectiveness of ecotechnologies in agriculture for the recovery and reuse of carbon and nutrients in the Baltic and boreo-temperate regions? A systematic map protocol. Environmental Evidence. 2019; 8 (1):5.

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Neal R. Haddaway; Mikołaj Piniewski; Biljana Macura. 2019. "What evidence exists relating to effectiveness of ecotechnologies in agriculture for the recovery and reuse of carbon and nutrients in the Baltic and boreo-temperate regions? A systematic map protocol." Environmental Evidence 8, no. 1: 5.

Systematic map protocol
Published: 02 January 2019 in Environmental Evidence
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Pollution of the Baltic Sea continues to be a problem. Major terrestrial sources of nutrient emissions to the Baltic Sea are agriculture and wastewater, both major causes of eutrophication. Wastewater contains nutrients and organic matter that could constitute valuable products such as agricultural fertilizers and source of energy. With the EU’s action plan for circular economy, waste management and resource utilization is central. Thus the integration of resource recovery to wastewater management could create benefits beyond the wastewater sector. There is a growing interest in resource recovery from wastewater. However, there is no systematic overview of the literature on technologies to recover nutrients and carbon from wastewater sources done to date. This systematic map will identify a representative list of studies on ecotechnologies for reusing carbon and nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorus) from domestic wastewater, which includes e.g. sewage sludge and wastewater fractions. Searches will be performed in five bibliographic databases, one search engine and 38 specialist websites. Searches will mainly be performed in English, search for literature in specialist websites will also include Finnish, Polish and Swedish. Coding and meta-data extraction will include information on ecotechnology name and short description, reuse outcome (i.e. reuse of carbon, nitrogen and/or phosphorus), type of reuse (i.e. whether it is explicit or implicit), study country and location, latitude and longitude. All screening and coding will be done after initial consistency checking. The outcomes of this systematic map will be a searchable database of coded studies. Findings will be presented in a geo-informational system (i.e. an evidence atlas) and knowledge gaps and clusters will be visualised via heat maps.

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Neal R Haddaway; Solveig L. Johannesdottir; Mikołaj Piniewski; Biljana Macura. What ecotechnologies exist for recycling carbon and nutrients from domestic wastewater? A systematic map protocol. Environmental Evidence 2019, 8, 1 .

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Neal R Haddaway, Solveig L. Johannesdottir, Mikołaj Piniewski, Biljana Macura. What ecotechnologies exist for recycling carbon and nutrients from domestic wastewater? A systematic map protocol. Environmental Evidence. 2019; 8 (1):1.

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Neal R Haddaway; Solveig L. Johannesdottir; Mikołaj Piniewski; Biljana Macura. 2019. "What ecotechnologies exist for recycling carbon and nutrients from domestic wastewater? A systematic map protocol." Environmental Evidence 8, no. 1: 1.

Correction
Published: 05 December 2018 in Acta Geophysica
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Zbigniew Kundzewicz; Mikołaj Piniewski; Abdelkader Mezghani; Tomasz Okruszko; Iwona Pińskwar; Ignacy Kardel; Øystein Hov; Mateusz Szcześniak; Małgorzata Szwed; Rasmus E. Benestad; Paweł Marcinkowski; Dariusz Graczyk; Andreas Dobler; Eirik J. Førland; Joanna O’Keeffe; Adam Choryński; Kajsa M. Parding; Jan Erik Haugen. Correction to: Assessment of climate change and associated impact on selected sectors in Poland. Acta Geophysica 2018, 67, 273 -273.

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Zbigniew Kundzewicz, Mikołaj Piniewski, Abdelkader Mezghani, Tomasz Okruszko, Iwona Pińskwar, Ignacy Kardel, Øystein Hov, Mateusz Szcześniak, Małgorzata Szwed, Rasmus E. Benestad, Paweł Marcinkowski, Dariusz Graczyk, Andreas Dobler, Eirik J. Førland, Joanna O’Keeffe, Adam Choryński, Kajsa M. Parding, Jan Erik Haugen. Correction to: Assessment of climate change and associated impact on selected sectors in Poland. Acta Geophysica. 2018; 67 (1):273-273.

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Zbigniew Kundzewicz; Mikołaj Piniewski; Abdelkader Mezghani; Tomasz Okruszko; Iwona Pińskwar; Ignacy Kardel; Øystein Hov; Mateusz Szcześniak; Małgorzata Szwed; Rasmus E. Benestad; Paweł Marcinkowski; Dariusz Graczyk; Andreas Dobler; Eirik J. Førland; Joanna O’Keeffe; Adam Choryński; Kajsa M. Parding; Jan Erik Haugen. 2018. "Correction to: Assessment of climate change and associated impact on selected sectors in Poland." Acta Geophysica 67, no. 1: 273-273.

Research article atmospheric and space sciences
Published: 03 November 2018 in Acta Geophysica
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The present paper offers a brief assessment of climate change and associated impact in Poland, based on selected results of the Polish–Norwegian CHASE-PL project. Impacts are examined in selected sectors, such as water resources, natural hazard risk reduction, environment, agriculture and health. Results of change detection in long time series of observed climate and climate impact variables in Poland are presented. Also, projections of climate variability and change are provided for time horizons of 2021–2050 and 2071–2100 for two emission scenarios, RCP4.5 and RCP8.5 in comparison with control period, 1971–2000. Based on climate projections, examination of future impacts on sectors is also carried out. Selected uncertainty issues relevant to observations, understanding and projections are tackled as well.

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Zbigniew Kundzewicz; Mikołaj Piniewski; Abdelkader Mezghani; Tomasz Okruszko; Iwona Pińskwar; Ignacy Kardel; Øystein Hov; Mateusz Szcześniak; Małgorzata Szwed; Rasmus E. Benestad; Paweł Marcinkowski; Dariusz Graczyk; Andreas Dobler; Eirik J. Førland; Joanna O'Keeffe; Adam Choryński; Kajsa M. Parding; Jan Erik Haugen. Assessment of climate change and associated impact on selected sectors in Poland. Acta Geophysica 2018, 66, 1509 -1523.

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Zbigniew Kundzewicz, Mikołaj Piniewski, Abdelkader Mezghani, Tomasz Okruszko, Iwona Pińskwar, Ignacy Kardel, Øystein Hov, Mateusz Szcześniak, Małgorzata Szwed, Rasmus E. Benestad, Paweł Marcinkowski, Dariusz Graczyk, Andreas Dobler, Eirik J. Førland, Joanna O'Keeffe, Adam Choryński, Kajsa M. Parding, Jan Erik Haugen. Assessment of climate change and associated impact on selected sectors in Poland. Acta Geophysica. 2018; 66 (6):1509-1523.

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Zbigniew Kundzewicz; Mikołaj Piniewski; Abdelkader Mezghani; Tomasz Okruszko; Iwona Pińskwar; Ignacy Kardel; Øystein Hov; Mateusz Szcześniak; Małgorzata Szwed; Rasmus E. Benestad; Paweł Marcinkowski; Dariusz Graczyk; Andreas Dobler; Eirik J. Førland; Joanna O'Keeffe; Adam Choryński; Kajsa M. Parding; Jan Erik Haugen. 2018. "Assessment of climate change and associated impact on selected sectors in Poland." Acta Geophysica 66, no. 6: 1509-1523.

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Published: 05 October 2018 in Fisheries Management and Ecology
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Climate change is expected to affect the flow regime, cause loss of habitat, change community composition and behavioural habits of fish. This study assessed the impact of climate change on ecologically relevant streamflow conditions for fish migration and spawning in the Vistula and the Odra river basins. Streamflow simulations obtained with the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) for the historical period and two future horizons were driven by nine bias‐corrected EURO‐CORDEX Regional Climate Models under two greenhouse gas concentration trajectories. This study identified a subset of Indicators of Hydrological Alteration (IHA) that are relevant for pike, Esox lucius L., chub, Squalius cephalus (L.), and Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L. IHA indicators were calculated and compared for different scenarios. An index‐based framework identified that all considered species will be impacted by climate change, with Atlantic salmon facing the largest impact. The model's uncertainty was addressed through an aggregation method that assessed inconsistencies in the model's response.

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Joanna O'keeffe; Mikołaj Piniewski; Mateusz Szcześniak; Paweł Oglęcki; Piotr Parasiewicz; Tomasz Okruszko. Index‐based analysis of climate change impact on streamflow conditions important for Northern Pike, Chub and Atlantic salmon. Fisheries Management and Ecology 2018, 26, 474 -485.

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Joanna O'keeffe, Mikołaj Piniewski, Mateusz Szcześniak, Paweł Oglęcki, Piotr Parasiewicz, Tomasz Okruszko. Index‐based analysis of climate change impact on streamflow conditions important for Northern Pike, Chub and Atlantic salmon. Fisheries Management and Ecology. 2018; 26 (6):474-485.

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Joanna O'keeffe; Mikołaj Piniewski; Mateusz Szcześniak; Paweł Oglęcki; Piotr Parasiewicz; Tomasz Okruszko. 2018. "Index‐based analysis of climate change impact on streamflow conditions important for Northern Pike, Chub and Atlantic salmon." Fisheries Management and Ecology 26, no. 6: 474-485.

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Published: 01 August 2018 in Science of The Total Environment
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The paper examines options for river flood risk reduction in the Upper Vistula Basin located partly in the Carpathian Mountains in Poland. Projections of high-flow indices for the periods 2021-2050 and 2071-2100 generally indicate small future increases, although the projected flow changes vary highly both across the study basin as well as among climate models. An overview of twentieth-century catchment and channel changes indicates that some of them decreased and others increased the rapidity of runoff but they largely reduced availability of sediment for fluvial transport, hence inducing bed incision and bank erosion that create risk to roads and bridges. Traditional methods of flood protection in the basin encompassed large structural defences such as river channelization and flood embankments. These have limited floodwater retention within floodplains and accelerated flood runoff, shifting flood hazard downstream rather than reducing it. A range of alternative approaches to reducing future flood risk are thus proposed and examples of their application in southern Poland are described. These approaches include river restoration measures aimed to reduce erosional potential of flood flows and increase channel and floodplain retention of floodwater, as well as grassroots initiatives promoting preparedness for flooding at the community level. There is an increasing need to change the existing paradigm that flood-control measures should be based on fast evacuation of floodwater that, in turn, was associated with a significant reduction in floodwater retention on the valley floors. Alternative approaches discussed in this paper extend the roster of flood risk reduction strategies and contribute to a gradual paradigm change.

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Bartłomiej Wyżga; Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz; Roman Konieczny; Mikołaj Piniewski; Joanna Zawiejska; Artur Radecki-Pawlik. Comprehensive approach to the reduction of river flood risk: Case study of the Upper Vistula Basin. Science of The Total Environment 2018, 631-632, 1251 -1267.

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Bartłomiej Wyżga, Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz, Roman Konieczny, Mikołaj Piniewski, Joanna Zawiejska, Artur Radecki-Pawlik. Comprehensive approach to the reduction of river flood risk: Case study of the Upper Vistula Basin. Science of The Total Environment. 2018; 631-632 ():1251-1267.

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Bartłomiej Wyżga; Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz; Roman Konieczny; Mikołaj Piniewski; Joanna Zawiejska; Artur Radecki-Pawlik. 2018. "Comprehensive approach to the reduction of river flood risk: Case study of the Upper Vistula Basin." Science of The Total Environment 631-632, no. : 1251-1267.

Review
Published: 21 July 2018 in Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology
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The term ‘ecotechnology’ has been used since the early 1970s to describe combinations of practices relating to the environment and technological intervention. Despite its common usage, there seems to be little consensus on its practical meaning. In order to better define the term, we conducted a systematic review with a thematic synthesis of all definitions of the term. We searched a suite of bibliographic databases to collate literature referring to the term ‘ecotechnology’ in various ways. All explicit definitions were extracted from articles and were critically appraised to identify ‘rich’ and ‘broad’ definitions. Using thematic synthesis, we generate a conceptual framework for definitions of the term ‘ecotechnology’ based on themes that emerge across all explicit definitions. We test this conceptual model using examples of ecotechnology identified from the articles relating to carbon and nutrients. We identified 1221 articles referring to the term ‘ecotechnology’ across 9 bibliographic databases, of which 657 were unique articles. Of the 77 carbon and nutrients articles providing definitions, almost half used the term ‘ecotechnology’ as a buzzword. Some 38 themes were identified across the 49 explicit definitions and these were clustered into 9 groups: combining processes/integrating nature and society; good for society; good for nature; profitability/efficiency; making nature work for society; making society work for nature; improving processes/learning from the environment; components, equipment, machinery (hard technology); and, processes and behaviours (soft technology).

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Neal R. Haddaway; Jennifer McConville; Mikołaj Piniewski. How is the term ‘ecotechnology’ used in the research literature? A systematic review with thematic synthesis. Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology 2018, 18, 247 -261.

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Neal R. Haddaway, Jennifer McConville, Mikołaj Piniewski. How is the term ‘ecotechnology’ used in the research literature? A systematic review with thematic synthesis. Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology. 2018; 18 (3):247-261.

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Neal R. Haddaway; Jennifer McConville; Mikołaj Piniewski. 2018. "How is the term ‘ecotechnology’ used in the research literature? A systematic review with thematic synthesis." Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology 18, no. 3: 247-261.

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Published: 01 April 2018 in International Agrophysics
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Climate change and projected temperature increase is recognised to have significant impact on agricultural production and crop phenology. This study evaluated the climate change impact on sowing and harvest dates of spring barley and maize in the boundaries of two largest catchments in Poland - the Vistula and the Odra. For this purpose, an agro-hydrological Soil and Water Assessment Tool has been used, driven by climate forcing data provided within the Coordinated Downscaling Experiment - European Domain experiment projected to the year 2100 under two representative concentration pathways: 4.5 and 8.5. The projected warmer climate significantly affected the potential scheduling of agricultural practices, accelerating the occurrence of sowing and harvest dates. The rate of acceleration was dependent on the time horizon and representative concentration pathways scenario. In general, the rate of sowing/harvest advance was accelerating in time and, also from representative concentration pathways 4.5 to 8.5, reaching 23 days for spring barley and 30 days for maize (ensemble mean for the far future under representative concentration pathways 8.5).

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Paweł Marcinkowski; Mikołaj Piniewski. Effect of climate change on sowing and harvest dates of spring barley and maize in Poland. International Agrophysics 2018, 32, 265 -271.

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Paweł Marcinkowski, Mikołaj Piniewski. Effect of climate change on sowing and harvest dates of spring barley and maize in Poland. International Agrophysics. 2018; 32 (2):265-271.

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Paweł Marcinkowski; Mikołaj Piniewski. 2018. "Effect of climate change on sowing and harvest dates of spring barley and maize in Poland." International Agrophysics 32, no. 2: 265-271.

Research article hydrology
Published: 07 February 2018 in Acta Geophysica
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The issue of trend detection in long time series of river flow records is of vast theoretical interest and considerable practical relevance. Water management is based on the assumption of stationarity; hence, it is crucial to check whether taking this assumption is justified. The objective of this study is to analyse long-term trends in selected river flow indices in small- and medium-sized catchments with relatively unmodified flow regime (semi-natural catchments) in Poland. The examined indices describe annual and seasonal average conditions as well as annual extreme conditions—low and high flows. The special focus is on the spatial analysis of trends, carried out on a comprehensive, representative data set of flow gauges. The present paper is timely, as no spatially comprehensive studies (i.e. covering the entire Poland or its large parts) on trend detection in time series of river flow have been done in the recent 15 years or so. The results suggest that there is a strong random component in the river flow process, the changes are weak and the spatial pattern is complex. Yet, the results of trend detection in different indices of river flow in Poland show that there exists a spatial divide that seems to hold quite generally for various indices (annual, seasonal, as well as low and high flow). Decreases of river flow dominate in the northern part of the country and increases usually in the southern part. Stations in the central part show mostly ‘no trend’ results. However, the spatial gradient is apparent only for the data for the period 1981–2016 rather than for 1956–2016. It seems also that the magnitude of increases of river flow is generally lower than that of decreases.

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Mikołaj Piniewski; Paweł Marcinkowski; Zbigniew Kundzewicz. Trend detection in river flow indices in Poland. Acta Geophysica 2018, 66, 347 -360.

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Mikołaj Piniewski, Paweł Marcinkowski, Zbigniew Kundzewicz. Trend detection in river flow indices in Poland. Acta Geophysica. 2018; 66 (3):347-360.

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Mikołaj Piniewski; Paweł Marcinkowski; Zbigniew Kundzewicz. 2018. "Trend detection in river flow indices in Poland." Acta Geophysica 66, no. 3: 347-360.

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Published: 01 January 2018 in Environmental Science & Policy
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Zbigniew Kundzewicz; V. Krysanova; R.E. Benestad; Ø. Hov; Mikołaj Piniewski; I.M. Otto. Uncertainty in climate change impacts on water resources. Environmental Science & Policy 2018, 79, 1 -8.

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Zbigniew Kundzewicz, V. Krysanova, R.E. Benestad, Ø. Hov, Mikołaj Piniewski, I.M. Otto. Uncertainty in climate change impacts on water resources. Environmental Science & Policy. 2018; 79 ():1-8.

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Zbigniew Kundzewicz; V. Krysanova; R.E. Benestad; Ø. Hov; Mikołaj Piniewski; I.M. Otto. 2018. "Uncertainty in climate change impacts on water resources." Environmental Science & Policy 79, no. : 1-8.

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Published: 01 December 2017 in Climate Services
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This contribution discusses the challenges for developing national climate services in two countries with high fossil fuel production – Poland (coal) and Norway (oil and gas). Both countries, Poland and Norway, have highly developed weather services, but largely differ on climate services. Since empirical and dynamical downscaling of climate models started in Norway over 20 years ago and meteorological and hydrological institutions in Oslo and Bergen have been collaborating on tailoring and disseminating downscaled climate projections to the Norwegian society, climate services are now well developed in Norway. The Norwegian Centre for Climate Services (NCCS) was established in 2011. In contrast, climate services in Poland, in the international understanding, do not exist. Actually, Poland is not an exception, as compared to other Central and Eastern European countries, many of which neither have their national climate services, nor are really interested in European climate services disseminated via common EU initiatives. It is worth posing a question – can Poland learn from Norway as regards climate services? This contribution is based on results of the CHASE-PL (Climate change impact assessment for selected sectors in Poland) project, carried out in the framework of the Polish – Norwegian Research Programme. The information generated within the Polish-Norwegian CHASE-PL project that is being broadly disseminated in Poland can be considered as a substitute for information delivered in other countries by climate services

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Zbigniew Kundzewicz; Eirik J. Førland; Mikołaj Piniewski. Challenges for developing national climate services – Poland and Norway. Climate Services 2017, 8, 17 -25.

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Zbigniew Kundzewicz, Eirik J. Førland, Mikołaj Piniewski. Challenges for developing national climate services – Poland and Norway. Climate Services. 2017; 8 ():17-25.

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Zbigniew Kundzewicz; Eirik J. Førland; Mikołaj Piniewski. 2017. "Challenges for developing national climate services – Poland and Norway." Climate Services 8, no. : 17-25.

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Published: 28 November 2017 in Earth System Science Data
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The CHASE-PL (Climate change impact assessment for selected sectors in Poland) Climate Projections – Gridded Daily Precipitation and Temperature dataset 5 km (CPLCP-GDPT5) consists of projected daily minimum and maximum air temperatures and precipitation totals of nine EURO-CORDEX regional climate model outputs bias corrected and downscaled to a 5 km × 5 km grid. Simulations of one historical period (1971–2000) and two future horizons (2021–2050 and 2071–2100) assuming two representative concentration pathways (RCP4.5 and RCP8.5) were produced. We used the quantile mapping method and corrected any systematic seasonal bias in these simulations before assessing the changes in annual and seasonal means of precipitation and temperature over Poland. Projected changes estimated from the multi-model ensemble mean showed that annual means of temperature are expected to increase steadily by 1 °C until 2021–2050 and by 2 °C until 2071–2100 assuming the RCP4.5 emission scenario. Assuming the RCP8.5 emission scenario, this can reach up to almost 4 °C by 2071–2100. Similarly to temperature, projected changes in regional annual means of precipitation are expected to increase by 6 to 10 % and by 8 to 16 % for the two future horizons and RCPs, respectively. Similarly, individual model simulations also exhibited warmer and wetter conditions on an annual scale, showing an intensification of the magnitude of the change at the end of the 21st century. The same applied for projected changes in seasonal means of temperature showing a higher winter warming rate by up to 0.5 °C compared to the other seasons. However, projected changes in seasonal means of precipitation by the individual models largely differ and are sometimes inconsistent, exhibiting spatial variations which depend on the selected season, location, future horizon, and RCP. The overall range of the 90 % confidence interval predicted by the ensemble of multi-model simulations was found to likely vary between −7 % (projected for summer assuming the RCP4.5 emission scenario) and +40 % (projected for winter assuming the RCP8.5 emission scenario) by the end of the 21st century. Finally, this high-resolution bias-corrected product can serve as a basis for climate change impact and adaptation studies for many sectors over Poland. The CPLCP-GDPT5 dataset is publicly available at http://dx.doi.org/10.4121/uuid:e940ec1a-71a0-449e-bbe3-29217f2ba31d.

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Abdelkader Mezghani; Andreas Dobler; Jan Erik Haugen; Rasmus E. Benestad; Kajsa M. Parding; Mikołaj Piniewski; Ignacy Kardel; Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz. CHASE-PL Climate Projection dataset over Poland – bias adjustment of EURO-CORDEX simulations. Earth System Science Data 2017, 9, 905 -925.

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Abdelkader Mezghani, Andreas Dobler, Jan Erik Haugen, Rasmus E. Benestad, Kajsa M. Parding, Mikołaj Piniewski, Ignacy Kardel, Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz. CHASE-PL Climate Projection dataset over Poland – bias adjustment of EURO-CORDEX simulations. Earth System Science Data. 2017; 9 (2):905-925.

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Abdelkader Mezghani; Andreas Dobler; Jan Erik Haugen; Rasmus E. Benestad; Kajsa M. Parding; Mikołaj Piniewski; Ignacy Kardel; Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz. 2017. "CHASE-PL Climate Projection dataset over Poland – bias adjustment of EURO-CORDEX simulations." Earth System Science Data 9, no. 2: 905-925.