Temperature and precipitation fluctuations in the Czech Republic during the period of instrumental measurements

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 110, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 17-34

  Brázdil, Rudolf ^a,b   Zahradníček, Pavel ^b,c   Pišoft, Petr ^d   Štěpánek, Petr ^b,c   Bělínová, Monika ^a   Dobrovolný, Petr ^a,b  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c CZECH HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^d CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CORRELATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

CZECH REPUBLIC;

EID: 84867096547     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-012-0604-3     Document Type: Article

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