Geografie 2017, 122, 1-20

https://doi.org/10.37040/geografie2017122010001

Maximum temperatures over Slovenia and their relationship with atmospheric circulation patterns

Dragan D. Milošević1, Stevan M. Savić1, Uglješa Stankov2, Igor Žiberna3, Milana M. Pantelić1, Dragan Dolinaj1, Igor Leščešen4

1University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences, Climatology and Hydrology Research Centre, Serbia
2University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences, Center for Spatial Information of Vojvodina Province, Serbia
3University of Maribor, Faculty of Arts, Department of Geography, Slovenia
4University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management, Serbia

Received June 2015
Accepted May 2016

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