Mgr. Ondřej Lhotka, Ph.D.

Projects:

• GA ČR GA23-06749S , Heat waves as three-dimensional phenomena, 2023-2025, investigator (IAP): Lhotka Ondřej
• GA21-07954S , Varying atmospheric variability, 2021-2024, investigator (IAP): Pejchová Plavcová Eva, team: Beranová, R., Dubrovský, M., Huth, R., Kašpar, M., Krauskopf, T., Lhotka, O., Navrátilová, D., Rulfová, Z.
• GA ČR GA20-28560S , Driving mechanisms of extremes in reanalysis and climate models, 2020-2022, investigator (IAP): Kyselý Jan, team: Beranová, R., Lhotka, O., Martínková, M., Urban, A., Bešťáková, Z.
• MŠMT LTC19044 , Modeling compound climate events in Central Europe, 2019-2022, investigator (IAP): Lhotka Ondřej, team: Pejchová Plavcová, E., Stryhal, J.,
• GA ČR GJ19-24425Y , High-impact winter weather in climate models, 2019-2021, investigator (IAP): Pejchová Plavcová Eva, team: Stryhal, J., Urban, A., Lhotka, O.
• GA ČR GA18-15958S , Development of high-resolution spatial weather generator for use in present and future climate conditions, 2018-2020, investigator (IAP): Dubrovský Martin, team: Lhotka, O., spoluřešitel: Štěpánek, P. (ÚVGZ)

Publications:

• Plavcová, E., Stryhal, J., Lhotka, O., 2024: Links of atmospheric circulation to cold days in simulations of EURO-CORDEX climate models for central Europe, Climate Dynamics, 62, 6, 5157-5173
• Lhotka, O., Kyselý, J., 2024: Three-dimensional analysis reveals diverse heat wave types in Europe, Communications Earth & Enviroment, 5, 323
• Bešťáková, Z., Kyselý, J., Lhotka, O., Heilig, M., Eitzinger, J., 2024: Warm-Season Drying Across Europe and Its Links to Atmospheric Circulation, Earth and Space Science, 11, 6, e2023EA003434
• Lhotka, O., Plavcová, E., Beranová, R., 2024: Future Changes in Day-to-Day Precipitation Variability in Europe, Journal of Hydrometeorology, 25, 8, 1165–1175
• Chum, J., Langer, R., Kolmašová, I., Lhotka, O., Rusz, J., Strhárský, I., 2024: Solar cycle signatures in lightning activity, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 24, 16, 9119-9130
• Lhotka, O., Plavcová, E., Stryhal, J., Kyselý, J., 2023: Scénáře budoucích změn nebezpečných sdružených událostí ve střední Evropě, Meteorologické zprávy, 76, 3, 84-90
• Lhotka, O., Bešťáková, Z., Kyselý, J., 2023: Prolongation of Compound Dry–Hot Seasons Over Europe Under Climate Change Scenarios, Earth´s Future, 11, 9, e2023EF003557
• Meitner, J., Štěpánek, P., Skalák, P., Dubrovský, M., Lhotka, O., Penčevová, R., Zahradníček, P., Farda, A., Trnka, M., 2023: Validation and Selection of a Representative Subset from the Ensemble of EURO-CORDEX EUR11 Regional Climate Model Outputs for the Czech Republic, Atmosphere, 14, 9, 1442
• Zahradníček, P., Brázdil, R., Řehoř, J., Lhotka, Ondřej, Dobrovolný, P., Štěpánek, P., Trnka, M., 2022: Temperature extremes and circulation types in the Czech Republic, 1961–2020, International Journal of Climatology, 42, 9, 4808-4829
• Lhotka, O., Kyselý, J., 2022: The 2021 European Heat Wave in the Context of Past Major Heat Waves, Earth and Space Science, 9, 11, e2022EA002567
• Brázdil, R., Zahradníček, P., Dobrovolný, P., Řehoř, J., Trnka, M., Lhotka, Ondřej, Štěpánek, P., 2022: Circulation and Climate Variability in the Czech Republic between 1961 and 2020: A Comparison of Changes for Two “Normal” Periods, Atmosphere, 13, 1, 137

• Lhotka, O., Kyselý, J., 2022: Precipitation–temperature relationships over Europe in CORDEX regional climate models, International Journal of Climatology, 42, 9, 4868-4880
• Potopová, V., Lhotka, Ondřej, Možný, M., Musiolková, M., 2021: Vulnerability of hop‐yields due to compound drought and heat events over European key‐hop regions., International Journal of Climatology, 41, S1, E2136-E2158
• Řehoř, J., Brázdil, R., Trnka, M., Lhotka, Ondřej, Balek, J., Možný, M., Štěpánek, P., Zahradníček, P., Mikulová, K., Turňa, M. , 2021: Soil drought and circulation types in a longitudinal transect over central Europe, International Journal of Climatology, 41, S1, E2834-E2850
• Potopová, V., Türkott, L., Musiolková, M., Možný, M., Lhotka, Ondřej, 2021: The compound nature of soil temperature anomalies at various depths in the Czech Republic, Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 146, 3-4, 1257-1275
• Řehoř, J., Brázdil, R., Lhotka, Ondřej, Trnka, M., Balek, J., Štěpánek, P., Zahradníček, P., 2021: Precipitation in the Czech Republic in Light of Subjective and Objective Classifications of Circulation Types, Atmosphere, 12, 11, 1536
• Lhotka, Ondřej, Brönnimann, S., 2020: Possible Increase of Vegetation Exposure to Spring Frost under Climate Change in Switzerland, Atmosphere, 11, 391
• Lhotka, Ondřej, Trnka, M., Kyselý, Jan, Markonis, Y., Balek, J., Možný, M., 2020: Atmospheric Circulation as a Factor Contributing to Increasing Drought Severity in Central Europe., Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 125, e2019JD032269
• Lhotka, Ondřej, Kyselý, Jan, 2019: Vlny veder ve střední Evropě - přehled současných poznatků, Meteorologické zprávy, 72, 5, 152-156
• Lhotka, Ondřej; Kyselý, Jan; Farda, A., 2018: Climate change scenarios of heat waves in Central Europe and their uncertainties, Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 131, 3-4, 1043-1054
• Collazo, S.; Lhotka, Ondřej; Rusticucci, M.; Kyselý, Jan, 2018: Capability of the SMHI-RCA4 RCM driven by the ERA-Interim reanalysis to simulate heat waves in Argentina, International Journal of Climatology, 38, 1, 483-496
• Lhotka, Ondřej; Kyselý, Jan; Plavcová, Eva, 2018: Evaluation of major heat waves’ mechanisms in EURO-CORDEX RCMs over Central Europe, Climate Dynamics , 50, 11-12 , 4249–4262
• Lhotka, Ondřej, Farda, A., 2018: Links between Temperature Biases and Flow Anomalies in an Ensemble of CNRM-CM5.1 Global Climate Model Historical Simulations, Advances in Meteorology, ID4984827
• Lhotka, Ondřej, Kyselý, Jan, 2018: Circulation‐Conditioned Wintertime Temperature Bias in EURO‐CORDEX Regional Climate Models Over Central Europe, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 123, 16, 8661-8673
• Rusticucci, M. ; Kyselý, Jan ; Almeira, G. ; Lhotka, Ondřej, 2016: Long-term variability of heat waves in Argentina and recurrence probability of the severe 2008 heat wave in Buenos Aires, Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 124, 3, 679-689
• Lhotka, Ondřej ; Kyselý, Jan, 2015: Characterizing joint effects of spatial extent, temperature magnitude and duration of heat waves and cold spells over Central Europe, International Journal of Climatology, 35, 7, 1232–1244
• Lhotka, Ondřej ; Kyselý, Jan, 2015: Spatial and temporal characteristics of heat waves over Central Europe in an ensemble of regional climate model simulations, Climate Dynamics, 45, 9 , 2351-2366
• Lhotka, Ondřej ; Kyselý, Jan, 2015: Hot Central-European summer of 2013 in a long-term context, International Journal of Climatology, 35 , 14 , 4399-4407