Analysis of precipitation and drought data in Serbia over the period 1980-2010

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 494, Issue , 2013, Pages 32-42

  Gocic, Milan ^a   Trajkovic, Slavisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NI   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Drought; Precipitation; Serbia; Statistical tests; Trend analysis

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT PERIODS; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; PRECIPITATION INDICES; SERBIA; SIGNIFICANCE LEVELS; SYNOPTIC STATION; TREND ANALYSIS; WINTER PRECIPITATION;

DROUGHT; METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); STATISTICAL TESTS;

LASERS;

DATA SET; DROUGHT STRESS; LINEARITY; METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; TREND ANALYSIS;

SERBIA;

EID: 84878466437     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.04.044     Document Type: Article

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