Analysis of air temperature trends in Bosnia and Herzegovina

The paper analyzes the air temperature characteristics in Bosnia and Herzegovina in order to identify recent trends in mean air temperature. Trends in annual, seasonal and monthly mean air temperatures during 1961-2015 periods were determined based on data from sixteen meteorological stations. MAKES...

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Main Authors: Trbić Goran, Popov Tatjana, Gnjato Slobodan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Novi Sad, Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management 2017-01-01
Series:Geographica Pannonica
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Online Access:http://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0354-8724/2017/0354-87241702068T.pdf
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Gnjato Slobodan
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description The paper analyzes the air temperature characteristics in Bosnia and Herzegovina in order to identify recent trends in mean air temperature. Trends in annual, seasonal and monthly mean air temperatures during 1961-2015 periods were determined based on data from sixteen meteorological stations. MAKESENS procedure (Salmi, et al., 2002), which uses the nonparametric Mann-Kendall test and the nonparametric Sen's method, was applied on time series of annual, seasonal and monthly mean air temperatures to assess the trend magnitude and its statistical significance. Given the results, the warming trend is present all over Bosnia and Herzegovina. Significant positive trends in annual and summer temperatures were detected over the entire territory (p<0.01). Positive winter and spring trends are largely significant (p<0.01 or p<0.05), whereas autumn trends are low and insignificant. The highest increase was registered in June-August and December-January periods. In some areas, a low negative trend was present in September and November. A significant positive correlation between East-Atlantic pattern index and temperature was determined over the entire territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina throughout the year. Winter and spring temperatures were also significantly related to the North Atlantic Oscillation index and Arctic Oscillation index, respectively.
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spelling doaj.art-e02254fd05344df5bfc18a3bcad9ba972022-12-21T23:19:59ZengUniversity of Novi Sad, Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel ManagementGeographica Pannonica0354-87241820-71382017-01-0121268840354-87241702068TAnalysis of air temperature trends in Bosnia and HerzegovinaTrbić Goran0Popov Tatjana1Gnjato Slobodan2University of Banja Luka, Faculty of Sciences, Banja Luka, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and HerzegovinaUniversity of Banja Luka, Faculty of Sciences, Banja Luka, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and HerzegovinaUniversity of Banja Luka, Faculty of Sciences, Banja Luka, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and HerzegovinaThe paper analyzes the air temperature characteristics in Bosnia and Herzegovina in order to identify recent trends in mean air temperature. Trends in annual, seasonal and monthly mean air temperatures during 1961-2015 periods were determined based on data from sixteen meteorological stations. MAKESENS procedure (Salmi, et al., 2002), which uses the nonparametric Mann-Kendall test and the nonparametric Sen's method, was applied on time series of annual, seasonal and monthly mean air temperatures to assess the trend magnitude and its statistical significance. Given the results, the warming trend is present all over Bosnia and Herzegovina. Significant positive trends in annual and summer temperatures were detected over the entire territory (p<0.01). Positive winter and spring trends are largely significant (p<0.01 or p<0.05), whereas autumn trends are low and insignificant. The highest increase was registered in June-August and December-January periods. In some areas, a low negative trend was present in September and November. A significant positive correlation between East-Atlantic pattern index and temperature was determined over the entire territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina throughout the year. Winter and spring temperatures were also significantly related to the North Atlantic Oscillation index and Arctic Oscillation index, respectively.http://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0354-8724/2017/0354-87241702068T.pdfmean monthlyseasonal and annual temperaturestemperature trendMAKESENSclimate changeNorthern Hemisphere teleconnection patternsBosnia and Herzegovina
spellingShingle Trbić Goran
Popov Tatjana
Gnjato Slobodan
Analysis of air temperature trends in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Geographica Pannonica
mean monthly
seasonal and annual temperatures
temperature trend
MAKESENS
climate change
Northern Hemisphere teleconnection patterns
Bosnia and Herzegovina
title Analysis of air temperature trends in Bosnia and Herzegovina
title_full Analysis of air temperature trends in Bosnia and Herzegovina
title_fullStr Analysis of air temperature trends in Bosnia and Herzegovina
title_full_unstemmed Analysis of air temperature trends in Bosnia and Herzegovina
title_short Analysis of air temperature trends in Bosnia and Herzegovina
title_sort analysis of air temperature trends in bosnia and herzegovina
topic mean monthly
seasonal and annual temperatures
temperature trend
MAKESENS
climate change
Northern Hemisphere teleconnection patterns
Bosnia and Herzegovina
url http://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0354-8724/2017/0354-87241702068T.pdf
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