Trends in temperature indices over Serbia: Relationships to large-scale circulation patterns

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 33, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 3152-3161

  Unkašević, Miroslava ^a   Tošić, Ivana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Daily maximum and minimum temperatures; Large scale variables; Serbia; Temperature indices; Trends

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

LARGE-SCALE VARIABLES; MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM TEMPERATURES; SERBIA; TEMPERATURE INDEX; TRENDS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORRELATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TREND ANALYSIS; WARMING; WINTER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (EAST); SERBIA;

EID: 84897070598     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3652     Document Type: Article

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