Special Software For Aridity Indices Calculation (Aics); Vojvodina, Serbia Case Study
Special Software For Aridity Indices Calculation (Aics); Vojvodina, Serbia Case Study
Author(s): Miroslava Unkašević, Ivana Tošić, Tin Lukić, Slobodan B. Marković, Milivoj B. Gavrilov, Ivana HrnjakSubject(s): Geography, Regional studies, Recent History (1900 till today), Computational linguistics, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: Географски институт »Јован Цвијић« САНУ
Keywords: aridity; hazard; Serbia; software; Vojvodina region;
Summary/Abstract: Knowledge of aridity is necessary to explain the characteristics of the geographical landscape. Increasing aridity due to global warming can be a real hazard, with the threat of desertification. The main aim of this paper is to introduce special software for aridity indices calculation (AICS), and on the basis of those data to peruse aridity as a natural hazard. These indices were calculated from data obtained from 10 meteorological stations in the Vojvodina region for the period from 1949 to 2006. In order to calculate the De Martonne aridity index, IDM, and the Pinna combinative index, IP, software was created using C# programming language. Not only that this software shows the values of indices, but also it shows to which class it belongs according to the De Martonne climate classification. Graphical presentation of both calculated indices is also enabled. Further development of AICS is planned. As additional software package here was used ArcMap 10.1 for the spatial representation and visualization of the aridity indices.
Journal: Зборник радова Географског института "Јован Цвијић" САНУ
- Issue Year: 63/2013
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 83-94
- Page Count: 12
- Language: English