THE THERMO-HYGROMETRIC INDEX ON THE TERRITORY OF THE SOUTHERN DOBROGEA PLATEAU – A COMPONENT OF THE BALNEOCLIMATERIC TREATMENT

• Main Authors: Elena GRIGORE, Dana Maria CONSTANTIN (OPREA), Elena BOGAN, Marius-Alin CRISTEA, Florina TATU
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Alexandru Ioan Cuza University Press, Iasi, Romania 2020-06-01
• Series: Present Environment and Sustainable Development
• Subjects: air temperature; air humidity; bioclimatic factor; human body; balneoclimateric component; adaptation
• Online Access: http://www.pesd.ro/articole/nr.14/nr.1/pesd2020141007.pdf

The appearance of the analysis models, as a physical or mathematic form, has allowed simplifying the graphic representation of the processes specific to bioclimatology. Thus, the bioclimatic index becomes a useful and practical work tool in the scientific research, avoiding a multiple range of possible evaluations of the positive or negative potential that the climate of a region has on the human health. The proposed study analyzes the calculated values of the thermo-hygrometric index, for the period between the years 1981-2010. The database was improved with the meteorological data obtained from the five weather stations located in the Southern part of the Dobrogea Plateau. The mathematic formula launched by Kyle W.J. is based on the measured values of the air temperature (ºC) and relative air humidity (%). The obtained results allow to highlight both the specific bioclimatic areas and the way in which the tourism in the area can be affected. The bioclimatic extension and intensity is rendered by a suggestive and synthetic graphic expression. The maps showing the spatial distribution of the index were obtained by combining the isotherm method with the kriging interpolation specific to the ArcMap.