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| Departmental position: | assistant professor at the Dept. of Meteorology |
| Scientific degrees: | PhD in geosciences (meteorology) - 2003 at Eötvös Loránd University MSc in meteorology (with minor in hydrology) - 1996, Eötvös Loránd University, Faculty of Science |
| Research interests: | climatology, climate change, regional climate modeling, urban climatology, midlatitude cyclones, statistics, extreme events, ENSO impacts on midlatitudes, NAO, satellite meteorology |
| E-mail: | prita@nimbus.elte.hu |
| Room: | North 6.116 |
| Phone: | (+36-1-)372-2500/6609 ext. |
| Fax: | (+36-1-)372-2904 |
| Postal Address: | Dept. of Meteorology, Eötvös Loránd Univ. P.O.Box 32. Budapest, H-1518 Hungary |
| Research Experience: |
Participating in 35 national projects (in Hungary) mostly with the topics of climate change, extreme events, urban climate, and 14 international projects including - CECILIA: Central and Eastern Europe Climate Change Impact and Vulnerability Assessment (2006-2009) - CC-WATERS: Climate Change and Impacts on Water Supply (2009-2012) 4 European COST Actions: - 733 on Weather Types Classifications for European Regions (2005-2010) - ES-1102 VALUE (2013-2015) - ES-17109 DAMOCLES (2018-2022) - CA-19109 MedCYCLONES (2020-2024) also involved in joint research with the Dept. of Civil Engineering, Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA (NSF project in 1996-1998) and NOPEX CFE1 (1994-1995) |
| Awards: | 1999. Róna Zsigmond Award, Hungarian Meteorological Society 2001-2004 Bolyai János Research Fellowship, Hungarian Academy of Sciences 2003, 2009: Szádecky-Kardoss Elemér Award, Hungarian Academy of Sciences 2012: Literature Award (shared as a contributing author of the book titled Climate change 2011 – Climate scenarios for the Carpathian basin, eds.: Bartholy J., Bozó L., Haszpra L.), Hungarian Meteorological Society 2013: Ministerial Prize, Ministry of Rural Development 2016: Pro Meteorologia Award, Ministry of Agriculture 2017: Best paper for poster presentation, TERI University - International Conference on Urban Geoinformatics (ICUG2017) 2017: Students’ Mentoring Award, Faculty of Science, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University 2021: Hegyfoky Kabos Award, Hungarian Meteorological Society 2022: Literature Award (shared as a contributing author of the book titled National Atlas of Hungary – natural environment: Climate, authors: Bihari Z., Babolcsai Gy., Bartholy J., Ferenczi Z., Gerhátné Kerényi J., Haszpra L., Homokiné Ujváry K., Kovács T., Lakatos M., Németh Á., Pongrácz R., Putsay M., Szabó P., Szépszó G.), Hungarian Meteorological Society |
| Tasks in scientific events, organizations: | 1996-2004: Member of the Organizing Committee, ELTE Summer School of Meteorology (Budapest/Balatonalmádi) 1997- Editor of the “Egyetemi Meteorológiai Füzetek”, ELTE Dept. of Meteorology 1998-1999: Member of the Organizing Committee, Workshop on Education in Meteorology (Budapest) 1999: Session chair at the EUROFUSE/SIC ’99 international conference 2002-2003: Member of the Organizing Committee, START Young Scientists’ Conference on Global Change (Trieste) 2003-2008: ERASMUS coordinator, ELTE Dept. of Meteorology 2010-2011: Member of the Organizing Committee, Workshop on Climate Change Communication, Budapest 2012-2015: Secretary of the Panel in Earth Sciences II of the Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (OTKA) 2014- Member of the Organizing Committee, Meteorological Scientific Days, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest 2015- Secretary of the Subcommittee on Climatology, Committee on Meteorology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences 2022- Chair, PannEx, WCRP GEWEX Network program 2024- Member of the Electoral Board, Hungarian Meteorological Society |
| Teaching experience (from recent semesters): |
BSc courses: Climatology, Hydrometeorology, Statistical climatology, Applied climatology, Remote sensing MSc courses: Climate modelling, Urban climatology & atmospheric environment, Hydrology & cryology, Air quality protection, Satellite meteorology PhD courses: Global and regional climate scenarios, Global climate modelling |
| Supervision of students: |
35 at BSc level, 39 at MSc level (+9 within the Stipendium Hungaricum Scholarship program for foreign students), 7 completed at PhD level (currently supervising PhD students: 10) More details in doktori.hu: click here |
| Languages: |
English (Medium level state examination type C 1991, TOEFL (573) 1997) French (Medium level state examination type C 1989) Russian (Medium level state examination type C 1991) |
| Publications summary: |
in Hungarian Academy of Sciences database (MTMT)
in ResearcherID in Scopus in Google Scholar |
| Recent publications from the last 5 years: |
Hertig, E., Maraun, D., Bartholy, J., Pongracz, R., Vrac, M., Mares, I., Gutiérrez, J.M., Wibig, J., Casanueva, A., Soares, P.M.M. (2019): Comparison of statistical downscaling methods with respect to extreme events over Europe: Validation results from the perfect predictor experiment of the COST Action VALUE. Int. J. Climatol., 39, 3846-3867, DOI
Laczi M., Hegyi G., Nagy G., Pongracz R., Torok J. (2020): Yellow plumage colour of Great Tits Parus major correlates with changing temperature and precipitation. IBIS - International Journal of Avian Science, 162, 232-237, DOI Dian Cs., Pongracz R., Dezso Zs., Bartholy J. (2020): Annual and monthly analysis of surface urban heat island intensity with respect to the local climate zones in Budapest. Urban Climate, 31, 100573 DOI Fricke C., Pongracz R., Gal T., Savic S., Unger J. (2020): Using local climate zones to compare remotely sensed surface temperatures in temperate cities and hot desert cities. Moravian Geographical Reports, 28, 48-60, DOI Kristof, E.; Barcza, Z.; Hollos, R.; Bartholy, J.; Pongracz, R. (2020): Evaluation of historical CMIP5 GCM simulation results based on detected atmospheric teleconnections. Atmosphere, 11, No.723, DOI Kis A., Pongracz R., Bartholy J., Szabo J.A. (2020): Projection of runoff characteristics as a response to regional climate change in a Central/Eastern European catchment. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 65, 2256-2273, DOI Janko F., Druszler A., Galos B., Moricz N., Papp-Vancso J., Pieczka I., Pongracz R., Rasztovits E., Soosné Dezso Zs., Szabo O. (2020): Recalculating climate change consensus: the question of position and rhetoric. Journal of Cleaner Production, 254, 120127, DOI Kis A., Pongracz R. (2021): The role of temperature and the NAO index in the changing snow-related variables in European regions in the period 1900-2010. Hungarian Geographical Bulletin, 70, 325-337, DOI Kristof E., Hollos R.,Barcza Z., Pongracz R., Bartholy J. (2021): Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis-based evaluation of GCMs concerning atmospheric teleconnections. Atmosphere, 12, 1236, DOI Kalmar T., Pieczka I., Pongracz R. (2021): A sensitivity analysis of the different setups of the RegCM4.5 model for the Carpathian region. International Journal of Climatology, 41, E1180-E1201, DOI Fricke C., Pongracz R., Unger J. (2022): Comparison of daily and monthly intra-urban thermal reactions based on LCZ classification using surface and air temperature data. Geographica Pannonica, 26, 1-11, DOI Jaagus, J., Aasa, A., Aniskevich, S., Boincean, B., Bojariu, R., Briede, A., Danilovich, I., Dominguez Castro, F., Dumitrescu, A., Labuda, M., Labudová, L., Lõhmus, K., Melnik, V., Mõisja, K., Pongracz, R., Potopová, V., Reznícková, L., Rimkus, E., Semenova, I., Stonevicius, E., Štepánek, P., Trnka, M., Vicente-Serrano, S. M., Wibig, J., & Zahradnícek, P. (2022): Long-term changes in drought indices in eastern and central Europe. International Journal of Climatology, 42, 225-249, DOI Szentes O., Lakatos M., Pongracz R. (2023): New homogenized precipitation database for Hungary from 1901. International Journal of Climatology, 43, 4457-4471, DOI Kalmar T., Kristof E., Hollos R., Pieczka I., Pongracz R. (2023): Quantifying uncertainties related to observational datasets used as reference for regional climate model evaluation over complex topography – a case study for the wettest year 2010 in the Carpathian region. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 153, 807-828, DOI Kis A., Pongracz R. (2023): Analyzing the influences of the selection of the RCP scenario and the reference period on the evaluation results of EURO-CORDEX simulations for Hungary. International Journal of Climatology, 43, 5984–6002, DOI Berenyi A., Bartholy J., Pongracz R. (2023): Analysis of precipitation-related climatic conditions in European plain regions. Weather and Climate Extremes, 42, Paper 100610 DOI Kis A., Pongracz R. (2023): Future changes of snow-related variables in different European regions. Hungarian Geographical Bulletin, 72, 3-22, DOI Szabo P., Bartholy J., Pongracz R. (2024): Seasonal temperature and precipitation record breakings in a warming world. International Journal on Geomathematics, 15, DOI Chauke, H., Pongrácz, R. (2024): The evaluation of climate change in the wine-growing region of the Western Cape of South Africa. International Journal on Geomathematics, 15, DOI Dezso Zs., Pongracz R., Bartholy J. (2024): Surface urban heat island in Budapest during heat waves and droughts – comparing the summers of 2003, 2007 and 2022. Urban Climate, Vol. 55. No. 101899 DOI Kalmar T., Pongracz R., Pieczka I., Hollos R. (2024): Evaluation of RegCM simulation ensemble using different parameterization scheme combinations: a case study for an extremely wet year in the Carpathian region. Climate Dynamics DOI Kis A., Pongracz R. (2024): The projected changes of hydrological indicators in European catchments with different climatic conditions. Hydrological Sciences Journal DOI |
