Spatial and temporal variability of rain-spells characteristics in Serbia and Montenegro

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1611-1624

  Kutiel, Haim ^a   Luković, Jelena ^b   Burić, Dragan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b University of Belgrade   (Serbia)

^c Hydrometeorological Service of Montenegro   (Montenegro)

Author keywords

Inter annual variability; Intra annual variability; Montenegro; Number of rain spells; Rain spell yield; Rainfall regime; Rainfall uncertainty; Serbia

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; INTRA-ANNUAL VARIABILITY; MONTENEGRO; NUMBER OF RAIN SPELLS; RAINFALL REGIME; RAINFALL UNCERTAINTIES; SERBIA;

RAIN;

EID: 84930373570     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.4080     Document Type: Article

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