The spatio-temporal pattern of soil droughts on the territory of the Belarussian Polesia in accordance with current climate change

Abstract

The recurrence of soil droughts on the territory of the Belarusian Polesia was estimated with the involvement  of all areas where soil moisture was determined according to the data of the points of the state network of hydrometeorological observations. An assessment of the duration and the recurrence of years with severe soil droughts under the conditions of modern  climate change (1989–2018) is given. Comparative data on the frequency of occurrence of soil for the modern period of warming  and before the warming are presented. The cyclical nature of changes in the number of severe soil droughts on the territory of the  Belarusian Polesiа e with a period of 9–12 years was noted.