BIOCLIMATIC INDICATORS OF THE TERRITORY AS A COMPONENT OF THE RECREATIONAL POTENTIAL OF THE PERVOMAISKY’S DISTRICT, MYKOLAIV REGION

Abstract

The study was based on the determination of bioclimatic indicators (indexes). These
indexes are taking into account the influence of a set of climatic factors on the human body,
characterizing the bioclimatic conditions that are an important component of the recreational
potential of the territory. Five bioclimatic indicators were determined in the study: discomfort
index DY, weather severity index So (according to I.M. Osokin), equivalent-effective
temperature ET, radiation equivalent-effective temperature REET and weight content of
oxygen in atmospheric air Po. The main theoretical information on these five indicators was
presented together with the analysis of the calculation results on each of them, based on the
actual data of meteorological observations acquired at the appropriate time in 2016 at
“Pervomaisk” meteorological station of the Mykolaiv region. Same indicators were identified
based on the averaged multi-year data. These indexes play the role of a multi-year trend
component for the corresponding bioclimatic indicators calculated on the basis of actual
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data. The range of the values and dynamics of each of the studied bioclimatic indicators are
presented in both: graphical and tabular form. The analysis showed that for the majority of
the studied parameters (DY, ET, REET), for most part of the year the conditions of discomfort
are dominating mainly due to the cold weather. However, in comparison with the averaged
long-term temperature data from other years, 2016 was quite warm. The obtained results
show that the recreational and wellness purpose of the territory is not sufficiently defined.
This brings us to the need of further deeper study of bioclimatic conditions over a longer time
period, including the expansion of the number of bioclimatic indexes used.
Keywords: bioclimatic conditions, bioclimatic index, discomfort index, equivalenteffective temperature, radiation equivalent-effective temperature, weather severity index,
weight content of oxygen in the air.