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Name and surname:
Dragana Djordjevic
The date and time of the seminar: Tuesday 9-11
Department: Agroecology
E-mail: xdordev1@ node.mendelu.cz
SEMINAR WORK
SUBJECT AGROECOLOGY
CLIMATE CHARACTERISTICS OF SERBIA
November, 2014
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Dragana Djordjevic
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Table of Contents:
1.0. INTRODUCTION
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2.0. SERBIAN CLIMATE IN 2013
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2.1. Air temperature
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2.2. Precipitations
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2.3. Meteorological observation system in Serbia
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2.4. Hydrology
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2.5. The precipitation regime in Serbia 10
3.0. GEOGRAPHY AND CLIMATE OF VOJVODINA
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3.1. Geographical location of Vojvodina 12
3.2. Climate of Vojvodina
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3.3. Precipitations in Vojvodina 14
3.4. Air temperature in Vojvodina
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3.5. Frost in Vojvodina 17
3.6. Relative air humidity in Vojvodina 17
3.7. Cloudiness and insolation in Vojvodina
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3.8. Thunderstorms in Vojvodina
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3.9. Fog in Vojvodina
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3.10. Hail in Vojvodina 19
3.11. Winds in Vojvodina 19
4.0. CONCLUSIONS
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5.0. LITERATURE
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Sum of
annual precipitation are increasing with altitude. In the lower regions annual precipitation
height have ranges in the interval from 540 to 820 mm. The areas with an altitude of over 1000
m with an average of 700 to 1000 mm of rainfall, while some mountain peaks in southwestern
Serbia rainfall up to 1500 mm. Greater part of Serbia has continental regime of rainfall, with
larger quantities in the warmer half of the year, except from southwestern areas which have the
most rainfall in autumn.
June is the rainiest month, with an average of 12 to 13% of the total
annual precipitation of rainfall.
Months with minimum rainfalls are February and October. The
occurrence of snow is characteristic for the colder part of the year (from November to March),
and January has the highest number of days with snow.
The annual number of sunshine hours is
ranged from 1500 to 2200 hours.
2.0. SERBIAN CLIMATE IN 2013
2.1. Air temperature
On the territory of Serbia, 2013 year (
Fig.2
) with average air temperature of 11.6ºC, is the
seventh warmest year in the period from 1951 till present, while in Belgrade fifth warmest from
the beginning of measurement in meteorological station (1888) (
Fig. 3 and 4
). The average
annual air temperature was in the range of 4.7ºC to 9.0ºC in mountainous areas and in the lower
regions from 10.7ºC to 13.8ºC. The highest daily air temperature in 2013 was measured on 29th
July in the Veliko Gradište and was 39.7ºC.
The largest number of tropical days was recorded in
Leskovac and it was 62 days, which is for seven days longer than the average number of tropical
days. In Belgrade there were 52 tropical days which is 27 days longer than average (
Fig.5
).
Figure 2.
Monthly and annual average of air temperatures (ºC) during 2013 in Serbia (Source:
http://www.hidmet.gov.rs/podaci/meteorologija/latin/2013.pdf
)
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Lowest daily temperature (-19.5ºC) was measured on 30
th
November in Sjenica.
In most parts of
Serbia are not registered days with heavy frosts, while in the mountainous areas it was recorded
up to 32 days. Freezing days during the year 2013 in Serbia was from 3 to 15 and in the
mountains up to 59 days, which is 8 to 20 days less than the average number. In Belgrade it was
recorded 4 icy days, which is 14 days less than the average.
Figure 3.
Average annual air temperature in Serbia, for period from 1951 – 2013 (Source:
http://www.hidmet.gov.rs/podaci/meteorologija/latin/2013.pdf
)
Figure 4.
Deviation of annual air temperature from average, period 1961 – 1990. GMS Belgrade
for period 1888 – 2013 (Source:
http://www.hidmet.gov.rs/podaci/meteorologija/latin/2013.pdf
)
