High temperature extremes in the Czech Republic 1961–2010 and their synoptic variants

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 127, Issue 1-2, 2017, Pages 17-29

  Valerianova A ^a   Crhova L ^a,b   Holtanova E ^a,b   Kaspar M ^c   Muller M ^b,c   Pecho, J ^c,d  

^a CZECH HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF LIBEREC   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANTICYCLONE; CLIMATOLOGY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; WIND FIELD;

CZECH REPUBLIC;

EID: 84940705085     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-015-1614-8     Document Type: Article

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