Changes in climate indices for Serbia according to the SRES-A1B and SRES-A2 scenarios

Climate Research

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 73-86

  Krzi A ^a,b   Tosic I ^a   Djurdjevic V ^a,b   Veljovic K ^a   Rajkovic B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b Republic Hydrometeorological Service of Serbia   (Serbia)

Author keywords

A1B scenario; A2 scenario; Climate indices; Regional climate model; Serbia

Indexed keywords

A1B SCENARIO; A2 SCENARIO; CLIMATE INDEX; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; SERBIA;

CLIMATE MODELS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE MODELING; DATA SET; FROST; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEASONALITY; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WEATHER STATION;

SERBIA;

EID: 80053226527     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: 16161572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr01008     Document Type: Article

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