Heatwaves in Poland - Frequency, trends and relationships with atmospheric circulation

Geographia Polonica

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-46

  Wibig, Joanna ^a   Podstawczýska, Agnieszka ^a   Rzepa, Marcin ^a   Piotrowski, Piotr ^a  

^a University of d   (Poland)

Author keywords

Composite method; Extreme temperatures; Lund classification; Poland; Sen's slope

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; CLIMATE CLASSIFICATION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; LOW TEMPERATURE; REGIONAL CLIMATE; TREND ANALYSIS;

POLAND;

EID: 72249109435     PISSN: 00167282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7163/GPol.2009.1.3     Document Type: Article

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