Aridity in the central and southern Pannonian basin

For the investigation of geographical, monthly, seasonal, and annual distributions of aridity and its annual trend in the region of the Central and Southern Pannonian Basin (CSPB), which includes the territories of Hungary and Vojvodina (Northern Serbia), the De Martonne Aridity Index (DMAI) was use...

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Main Authors: Gavrilov Milivoj B.
Radaković Milica G.
Sipos György
Mezősi Gábor
Gavrilov Gavrilo
Lukic Tin
Basarin Biljana
Benyhe Balázs
Fiala Károly
Kozák Péter
Peric Zoran M.
Govedarica Dragan
Song Yang
Marković Slobodan B.
Format: Article
Published: 2020
Series:ATMOSPHERE 11 No. 12
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doi:10.3390/atmos11121269

mtmt:31792331
Online Access:http://publicatio.bibl.u-szeged.hu/24008
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Summary:For the investigation of geographical, monthly, seasonal, and annual distributions of aridity and its annual trend in the region of the Central and Southern Pannonian Basin (CSPB), which includes the territories of Hungary and Vojvodina (Northern Serbia), the De Martonne Aridity Index (DMAI) was used. The DMAI was originally calculated from a total of 78 meteorological stations with the maximum available time series of climatological data in three cases: 1931–2017 for Hungary; 1949–2017 for Vojvodina; and 1949–2017 for Hungary and Vojvodina jointly. The Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) was used to control the DMAI results. Temperature and precipitation trends were also investigated to understand their effects on the aridity trend. Three aridity types are distinguished on the annual level, five on the seasonal level, and four on the monthly level. The annual aridity had no trends in all three periods. It seems that aridity can be considered a more stable climate indicator of climate change than the temperature, at least in the CSPB. © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
Physical Description:Azonosító: 1269-Terjedelem: 18
ISSN:2073-4433