Eva Plavcová, Ph.D.

Contact information:

Institute of Atmospheric Physics
Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Boční II 1401
141 31 Prague 4
Czech Republic
phone: +420 272 016 063
email: plavcova@ufa.cas.cz

Since 2016:    Research Scientist at the Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Department of Climatology
October 2012 - July 2013: Scientific visitor at Byrd Polar Research Center, the Ohio State University, USA
2008 - 2012:    PhD study of Meteorology and Climatology in the Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic / Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Prague, dissertation topic: Links between atmospheric circulation and surface air temperature distributions in climate models (advisor Dr. J. Kyselý)
January – June 2007:     ERASMUS study at Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen, Norway
2006 – 2008:    MSc in Meteorology and Climatology at Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, thesis: Effects of sudden air temperature and pressure changes on mortality
2003 – 2006:    BSc in General Physics at Charles University in Prague

Research interests:

Evaluation of climate models, climate variability and change, human biometeorology

Scientific awards:

• the Otto Wichterle Prize 2018 – the prize is given by the Council of the Czech Academy of Sciences 'to outstanding young scientists under 35 years in the Academy of Sciences'

• AGU Student Travel Grant 2012: American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco

• EMS Young Scientist Travel Award 2011: 11th EMS Annual Meeting & 10th European Conference on Applications of Meteorology, Berlin

Publications:

• Hanzlíková, H., Plavcová, E., Kyselý, J., Kynčl, J., Malý, M., Urban, A., 2026: Links between influenza epidemics weather characteristics and all-cause mortality in the Czech Republic, 1982–2020, BMC Public Health, 26, 1, 189

• Plavcová, E., Lhotka, O., Kyselý, J., 2025: Heat Waves in Regional Climate Models: Three-Dimensional Insight and Links to Atmospheric Circulation Over Middle Europe, Geophysical Research Letters, 52, 16, e2025GL115352

• Plavcová, E., Lhotka, O., Beranová, R., Dubrovský, M., Skalák, P., 2025: Precipitation variability in CMIP6 climate models across the North Atlantic–European region and their Links to Atmospheric Circulation, Climate Dynamics, 63, 98

• 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

• Stryhal, J., Plavcová, E., 2023: On using self‐organizing maps and discretized Sammon maps to study links between atmospheric circulation and weather extremes, International Journal of Climatology, 43, 6, 2678-2698

• Lhotka, O., Plavcová, E., Stryhal, J., Kyselý, J., 2023: Scénáře budoucích změn nebezpečných sdružených událostí ve střední Evropě, Meteorologické zprávy, 76, 3, 84-90

• Rulfová, Zuzana, Beranová, Romana, Plavcová, Eva, 2021: Compound Temperature and Precipitation Events in the Czech Republic: Differences of Stratiform versus Convective Precipitation in Station and Reanalysis Data, Atmosphere, 12, 87
• Urban, Aleš, Kyselý, Jan, Plavcová, Eva, Hanzlíková, Hana, Štěpánek, Petr, 2020: Temporal changes in years of life lost associated with heat waves in the Czech Republic, Science of The Total Environment, 716, 137093
• Plavcová, Eva, Urban, Aleš, 2020: Intensified impacts on mortality due to compound winter extremes in the Czech Republic, Science of the Total Environment, 746
• Jones, M.E., Bromwich, D.H., Nicolas, J.P., Carrasco, J., Plavcová, Eva, Zou, X., Wang, S.-W., 2019: Sixty Years of Widespread Warming in the Southern Mid- and High-Latitudes (1957-2016), Journal of Climate, 32, 20, 6875-6898
• Plavcová, Eva, Kyselý, Jan, 2019: Temporal Characteristics of Heat Waves and Cold Spells and Their Links to Atmospheric Circulation in EURO-CORDEX RCMs, Advances in Meteorology, 2019, 2178321
• 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
• Urban, Aleš; Hanzlíková, Hana; Kyselý, Jan; Plavcová, Eva, 2017: Impacts of the 2015 Heat Waves on Mortality in the Czech Republic—A Comparison with Previous Heat Waves, Environmental Research and Public Health, 14, 12, 1562
• Plavcová, Eva ; Kyselý, Jan, 2016: Overly persistent circulation in climate models contributes to overestimated frequency and duration of heat waves and cold spells, Climate Dynamics, 46, 9, 2805-2820
• Urban, Aleš ; Burkart, K. ; Kyselý, Jan ; Schuster, Ch. ; Plavcová, Eva ; Hanzlíková, Hana ; Štěpánek, P. ; Lakes, T., 2016: Spatial patterns of heat-related cardiovascular mortality in the Czech Republic, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 13, 3
• Hanzlíková, Hana ; Plavcová, Eva ; Kynčl, J. ; Kříž, B. ; Kyselý, Jan, 2015: Contrasting patterns of hot spell effects on morbidity and mortality for cardiovascular diseases in the Czech Republic, 1994–2009, International Journal of Biometeorology, 59, 11 , 1673-1684
• Plavcová, Eva ; Kyselý, Jan, 2014: Effects of sudden air pressure changes on hospital admissions for cardiovascular diseases in Prague, 1994–2009, International Journal of Biometeorology, 58, 6, 1327-1337
• Plavcová, Eva ; Kyselý, Jan ; Štěpánek, Petr, 2014: Links between circulation types and precipitation in Central Europe in the observed data and regional climate model simulations, International Journal of Climatology, 34, 9, 2885–2898
• Davídkovová, Hana ; Plavcová, Eva ; Kynčl, J. ; Kyselý, Jan, 2014: Impacts of hot and cold spells differ for acute and chronic ischaemic heart diseases, BMC Public Health, 14, 480, -

• Plavcová E., Kyselý J., 2014: Effects of sudden air pressure changes on hospital admissions for cardiovascular diseases in Prague, 1994–2009. International Journal of Biometeorology, 58(6), 1327–1337 [doi 10.1007/s00484-013-0735-y]

• Plavcová E., Kyselý J., 2013: Projected evolution of circulation types and their temperatures over Central Europe in climate models. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 114, 625-634 [doi 10.1007/s00704-013-0874-4]

• Plavcová E., Kyselý J., 2012: Atmospheric circulation in regional climate models over Central Europe: links to surface air temperature and the influence of driving data. Climate Dynamics, 39, 1681–1695 [doi 10.1007/s00382-011-1278-8]

• Kyselý J., Plavcová E., 2012: Biases in the diurnal temperature range in Central Europe in an ensemble of regional climate models and their possible causes. Climate Dynamics, 39, 1275-1286 [doi 10.1007/s00382-011-1200-4]

• Plavcová E., Kyselý J., 2011: Evaluation of daily temperatures in Central Europe and their links to large-scale circulation in an ensemble of regional climate models. Tellus A, 63, 763–781 [doi:10.1111/j.1600-0870.2011.00514.x]

• Kyselý J., Plavcová E., Davídkovová H., Kynčl J., 2011:  Comparison of hot and cold spell effects on cardiovascular mortality in individual population groups in the Czech Republic.  Climate Research, 49, 113–129 [doi 10.3354/cr01014]

• Kyselý J., Gaál L., Beranová R., Plavcová E., 2011: Climate change scenarios of precipitation extremes in Central Europe from ENSEMBLES regional climate models. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 104, 529–542 [doi 10.1007/s00704-010-0362-z]

• Kyselý J., Plavcová E., 2012: Declining impacts of hot spells on mortality in the Czech Republic, 1986-2009: adaptation to climate change? Climatic Change, 113, 437–453 [doi 10.1007/s10584-011-0358-4]

• Kyselý J., Plavcová E., 2010: A critical remark on the applicability of E-OBS European gridded temperature dataset for validating control climate simulations. Journal of Geophysical Research, 115, D23118, doi:10.1029/2010JD014123

• Plavcová E., Kyselý J., 2010:  Relationships between sudden weather changes in summer and mortality in the Czech Republic, 1986-2005.  International Journal of Biometeorology, 54, 539–551 [doi 10.1007/s00484-010-0303-7]

• Plavcová E., Kyselý J., 2009: Effects of sudden air temperature and pressure changes on mortality in the Czech Republic. Epidemiol. Mikrobiol. Imunol., 58, 73–83

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