Climatic and recreational resources of the Kuznetsky Alatau

In the last decades the attention of the world community is especially drawn tomountain territories. This was contributed by the understanding of the importance of their ecology and climatic studying for estimationof the condition and forecast of the stability of regional and global natural, social and economic systems. Researches state special importancein this respect of evaluation of the bioclimatic resources and laws of their territorial differentiation for resort and recreational activity.The solution of these problems is complicated because of the poor meteorological data for mountain areas, which causes a necessityof search of special methods of the research, which could define quantity indicators of bioclimate and its spatial and temporal variability.The basic methods of research in the work were methods of complex climatology. So, the main indicators of bioclimate areclasses of weather of the moment, united in groups of weathers (V. Rusanov, L. Bashalkhanova, et al.) and climatic-recreational potential(N. Povolotskaya), reflecting their suitability for the organization of treatment and recreational activity. The urgent data of longseries of observations is necessary for defining the frequency of classes of weather, but with an extremely small number of meteorologicalstations for such observations, especially in mountain areas, their definition is very difficult, often impossible. In this connection theempirical equations of plural regress characterizing dependences of the climatic-recreational potential and number of days with groupsof weathers from average monthly figures of meteorological values, defining classes of weather of the moment have been offered. Thus,meteorological values, which greatly impact the frequency of various groups of weathers and climate-recreational potential in differentmonths of year, have been noted. During the winter period the greatest influence on bioclimatic indicators is rendered by averagemonthly values of the speed of wind and air temperature, during the spring and autumn period - the speed of wind and relative humidityof air, during the summer period - air temperatures. According to the results of research of spatial variability of the basic indicators ofbioclimate, using the received empirical equations of plural regress, within the physical-geographical subarea of the Kuznetsky Alatau,three ranks of districts were classified by the degree of bioclimate suitability for resort and recreational development - extremely favourable,favourable and rather favourable for recreation and climatic treatment. The results of the conducted research allowed estimatingthe potential possibilities of climatic conditions for resort and recreational development. They can also be considered when planningof building of treatment and recreational establishments.

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