Various aspects of dryness in Serbia
In this manuscript we analyze daily rainfall observational records from 22 weather stations located in different regions over Serbia in the period 1949-2007. We examine the characteristics of dryness by using the Dry Days Since Last Rain - DDSLR approach. In order to quantify the DDSLR we u...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Serbian Geographical Society
2020-01-01
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| Series: | Glasnik Srpskog Geografskog Društva |
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| Online Access: | http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0350-3593/2020/0350-35932001023K.pdf |
| Summary: | In this manuscript we analyze daily rainfall observational records from 22
weather stations located in different regions over Serbia in the period
1949-2007. We examine the characteristics of dryness by using the Dry Days
Since Last Rain - DDSLR approach. In order to quantify the DDSLR we use
three metrics for each weather station: severity, consistency and
uncertainty. Results show that these three metrics vary independently of
each other as well as that there is a weak relationship between them.
Weather stations in the northern parts of Serbia, with moderate annual
amount of rainfall less than 650 mm, present higher dryness conditions
whereas the lowest values were obtained for central parts in Serbia. Limited
number of studies examined drying tendencies in Serbia and neighboring
countries so far. We consider Serbia as an area of particular interest
because of its position in a frontier between Mediterranean conditions on
the southwest and the continental inland. [Project of the Serbian Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Grant no. III 43007] |
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| ISSN: | 0350-3593 2406-078X |