Changes of air temperature and precipitation in Poland in the period 1951-2000 and their relationship to atmospheric circulation

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 291-310

  Degirmendžić, Jan ^a   Kozuchowski, Krzysztof ^a   Zmudzka, Elwira ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Air temperature; Atmospheric circulation; Correlation and regression analysis; Poland; Precipitation; Snow cover

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; FEEDBACK; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SEA LEVEL; SNOW; THERMAL EFFECTS; WIND EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; GEOSTROPHIC WIND;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND;

EID: 1842854526     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1010     Document Type: Article

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