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Climatic Conditions in the Aralkum

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Aralkum - a Man-Made Desert

Part of the book series: Ecological Studies ((ECOLSTUD,volume 218))

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The climate of the Aralkum can be characterized mainly by the data from eight meteorological stations in the area and several other ones from the wider surroundings. The Aralkum is located within the Asiatic desert belt. In the Aralkum area two climatic subdistricts can be distinguished – the Aralsk subdistrict in the north and the Muinak subdistrict in the south. The limit between these two districts is defined. The northern part of the Aralkum is part of the Kazakh-Dzungarian or northern Turanian deserts, the southern part is part of the southern Turanian deserts. Regarding the general circulation and the synoptic processes in the region, it makes sense to distinguish two time periods: until 1960 and after 1960. Current climatic data only reveal a slight shift to stronger continentality. The overall water and temperature dynamics of the atmosphere do not seem to be altered in general, but intensification of the water cycling by global change or global climate fluctuation overlying the local and regional desiccation processes may be observed.

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Acknowledgements

We thank the German Federal Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Technology (BMBF) and the project coordinator (Research Centre Jülich GmbH, PTJ Berlin) for financial support (project nos. 0339714 and 0330389), as well as the Academy of Science, Botanical Institute (Almaty) and the Geographical Institute (Almaty) for their overall cooperation. The great help of villagers and citizens in many parts of rural areas and towns is greatly acknowledged.

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  1. Department of Ecology, University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany

    S-W. Breckle

  2. Foundation for Nature Protection, Institute of Botany and Landscape Ecology, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany

    W. Wucherer

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  1. Fakultät für Biologie, Abteilung 3 - Ökologie, Universität Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany

    Siegmar-W. Breckle

  2. Michael Succow Foundation, University of Greifswald, Grimmer Str. 88, Greifswald, Germany

    Walter Wucherer

  3. Institute of Botany and Phytointroductio, Timiryazeva Str. 36-D, Almaty, 050040, Kazakhstan

    Liliya A. Dimeyeva

  4. CRS@GIS „Terra“, Zhabaeva Str. 83, Almaty, 050010, Kazakhstan

    Nathalia P. Ogar

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Breckle, SW., Wucherer, W. (2012). Climatic Conditions in the Aralkum. In: Breckle, SW., Wucherer, W., Dimeyeva, L., Ogar, N. (eds) Aralkum - a Man-Made Desert. Ecological Studies, vol 218. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21117-1_4

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