Geografie 2017, 122, 190-212

https://doi.org/10.37040/geografie2017122020190

Changes and variability of spring-summer air temperature in Czechia during the past 300 years: comparison of instrumental, documentary and natural proxy data

Petr Kolář1,2

1Masaryk University, Faculty of Sciences, Institute of Geography, Brno, Czechia
2University of Defence, Faculty of Military Technology, Department of Military Geography and Meteorology, Brno, Czechia

Received October 2016
Accepted February 2017

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