The maximum temperatures and heat waves in Serbia during the summer of 2007

Climatic Change

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 207-223

  Unkašević, Miroslava ^a   Tošić, Ivana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BELGRADE; HEAT WAVES; MAIN CHARACTERISTICS; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; MAXIMUM VALUES; RECORD VALUES;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; ESTIMATION METHOD; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TERRITORY; TREND ANALYSIS;

SERBIA;

EID: 80052264684     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-010-0006-4     Document Type: Article

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