1. Impacts of Future Climate Change on Ukraine Transportation System
Khomenko Inna
Odessa State Environmental University
Transportation not only affects climate, but are strongly influenced with the climate conditions, and key hubs of the transportation sector are cities.
Transportation professionals are keenly aware of the effects of weather on system performance. Transportation infrastructure was designed for typical weather patterns, reflecting local climate and incorporating assumptions about a reasonable range of temperatures and precipitation levels.
Climate change will affect transportation primarily through increases in several types of weather and climate extremes, such as very hot days; intense precipitation events; intense hurricanes; drought; and rising sea levels, coupled with storm surges and land subsidence. The impacts will vary by mode of transportation and region of the country, but they will be widespread and costly in both human and economic terms and will require significant changes in the planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of transportation systems.
Owing to development of emission scenarios transportation decision makers have an opportunity now to prepare for projected climate changes.

2. Impacts of Future Climate Change on Ukraine Transportation System
Khomenko Inna
Odessa State Environmental University
In the study impact of climate change on operation of road transport along two highways are analyzed on the basis of RCP 4.5 and RCP 8.5 scenarios.
Data contains series of daily mean and maximum temperature, daily liquid (or mixed) and solid precipitation, daily mean relative humidity and daily mean and maximum wind speed, obtained for the period of 2011 to 2050.
Figure: Radiative Forcing of the Representative Concentration Pathways. From van Vuuren et al (2011) The Representative Concentration Pathways: An Overview. Climatic Change, 109 (1-2), The light grey area captures 98% of the range in previous IAM scenarios, and dark grey represents 90% of the range.

3. Impacts of Future Climate Change on Ukraine Transportation System
Khomenko Inna
Odessa State Environmental University
Figure: ‘‘Odesa–Voznesensk–Dnipropetrovsk–Kharkiv’’ highway

4. Impacts of Future Climate Change on Ukraine Transportation System
Khomenko Inna
Odessa State Environmental University
Figure: ‘‘Vinnytsia–Khmelnytskyi–Ternopil–Stryi–Uzhhorod’’ highway

5. Impacts of Future Climate Change on Ukraine Transportation System
Khomenko Inna
Odessa State Environmental University
Changes in mean air temperatures along ‘‘Odesa–Voznesensk–Dnipropetrovsk–Kharkiv’’ highway
For both scenarios it is revealed that in Odesa city significant increase of average yearly temperature by 2-3С is observed, in Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk slight growth of temperatures takes place and in Voznesensk, on the contrary, decrease in temperatures occurs.

6. Impacts of Future Climate Change on Ukraine Transportation System
Khomenko Inna
Odessa State Environmental University
Changes in mean air temperatures along ‘‘Vinnytsia–Khmelnytskyi–Ternopil–Stryi–Uzhhorod’’ highway
For both scenarios there is considerable decrease in temperatures in Uzhhorod and Stryi cities (both cities are situated in a mountainous area); in other cities we can see faint growth in temperatures (by 0,5C).

7. Impacts of Future Climate Change on Ukraine Transportation System
Khomenko Inna
Odessa State Environmental University
Changes in mean air temperatures along ‘‘Odesa–Voznesensk–Dnipropetrovsk–Kharkiv’’ highway
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Changes in daily mean air temperatures along ‘‘Vinnytsia–Khmelnytskyi–Ternopil–Stryi–Uzhhorod’’ highway
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8. Impacts of Future Climate Change on Ukraine Transportation System
Khomenko Inna
Odessa State Environmental University
Change in mean air temperatures along ‘‘Odesa–Voznesensk–Dnipropetrovsk–Kharkiv’’ highway
Change in mean air temperatures along ‘‘Vinnytsia–Khmelnytskyi–Ternopil–Stryi–Uzhhorod’’ highway

9. Impacts of Future Climate Change on Ukraine Transportation System
Khomenko Inna
Odessa State Environmental University
Changes in extremum air temperatures along ‘‘Odesa–Voznesensk–Dnipropetrovsk–Kharkiv’’ highway

10. Impacts of Future Climate Change on Ukraine Transportation System
Khomenko Inna
Odessa State Environmental University
Changes in extremum air temperatures along ‘‘Vinnytsia–Khmelnytskyi–Ternopil–Stryi–Uzhhorod’’ highway

11. Impacts of Future Climate Change on Ukraine Transportation System
Khomenko Inna
Odessa State Environmental University
Change in daily mean precipitation along ‘‘Odesa–Voznesensk–Dnipropetrovsk–Kharkiv’’ highway

12. Impacts of Future Climate Change on Ukraine Transportation System
Khomenko Inna
Odessa State Environmental University
Change in daily mean precipitation along ‘‘Vinnytsia–Khmelnytskyi–Ternopil–Stryi–Uzhhorod’’ highway

13. Impacts of Future Climate Change on Ukraine Transportation System
Khomenko Inna
Odessa State Environmental University
Changes in number of days with events for and periods
for RCP4.5 and RCP8.5 scenarios along ‘‘Odesa–Voznesensk–Dnipropetrovsk–Kharkiv’’ highway
FP – freezing precipitation
ICG – ice-covered ground (refreezing of melted snow on the road)
ICG with V≥10m/s – ice-covered ground with wind speed ≥10m/s
SSC – ice and snow slippery coat
SWG – slippery wet ground
No data

14. Impacts of Future Climate Change on Ukraine Transportation System
Khomenko Inna
Odessa State Environmental University
Changes in number of days with events for and periods for RCP4.5 and RCP8.5 scenarios along ‘‘Vinnytsia–Khmelnytskyi–Ternopil–Stryi–Uzhhorod’’ highway
FP – freezing precipitation
ICG – ice-covered ground (refreezing of melted snow on the road)
ICG with V≥10m/s – ice-covered ground with wind speed ≥10m/s
SSC – ice and snow slippery coat
SWG – slippery wet ground
No data

15. Impacts of Future Climate Change on Ukraine Transportation System
Khomenko Inna
Odessa State Environmental University
Change in daily mean and maximum wind speeds along ‘‘Odesa–Voznesensk–Dnipropetrovsk–Kharkiv’’ highway

16. Impacts of Future Climate Change on Ukraine Transportation System
Khomenko Inna
Odessa State Environmental University
Change in daily mean and maximum wind speeds along ‘‘Vinnytsia–Khmelnytskyi–Ternopil–Stryi–Uzhhorod’’ highway