This study examines the spatial pattern of relationships between annual, seasonal and monthly rainfall in Serbia, and the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) for the period of 1961-2009. The first correlation analysis between rainfall and the NAO was performed using a Pearson product-moment test. Results suggested negative, mainly statistically significant correlations at annual and winter scales as was expected. However, the highest percentage of stations showed significant result in October suggesting a strong impact of a large scale atmospheric mode throughout a wet season in Serbia. Further spatial analysis that incorporated a spatial autocorrelation statistic of correlation coefficients showed significant clustering at all temporal scales.
Keywords:
NAO / Rainfall / Serbia / Spatial pattern / Global and local spatial autocorrelation indices
Source:
Spatial Statistics, 2015, 14, 39-52
Publisher:
Elsevier Sci Ltd, Oxford
Funding / projects:
Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Serbia
TY - JOUR
AU - Luković, Jelena
AU - Blagojević, Dragan
AU - Kilibarda, Milan
AU - Bajat, Branislav
PY - 2015
UR - https://gery.gef.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/699
AB - This study examines the spatial pattern of relationships between annual, seasonal and monthly rainfall in Serbia, and the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) for the period of 1961-2009. The first correlation analysis between rainfall and the NAO was performed using a Pearson product-moment test. Results suggested negative, mainly statistically significant correlations at annual and winter scales as was expected. However, the highest percentage of stations showed significant result in October suggesting a strong impact of a large scale atmospheric mode throughout a wet season in Serbia. Further spatial analysis that incorporated a spatial autocorrelation statistic of correlation coefficients showed significant clustering at all temporal scales.
PB - Elsevier Sci Ltd, Oxford
T2 - Spatial Statistics
T1 - Spatial pattern of North Atlantic Oscillation impact on rainfall in Serbia
VL - 14
SP - 39
EP - 52
DO - 10.1016/j.spasta.2015.04.007
UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_gery_699
ER -
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abstract = "This study examines the spatial pattern of relationships between annual, seasonal and monthly rainfall in Serbia, and the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) for the period of 1961-2009. The first correlation analysis between rainfall and the NAO was performed using a Pearson product-moment test. Results suggested negative, mainly statistically significant correlations at annual and winter scales as was expected. However, the highest percentage of stations showed significant result in October suggesting a strong impact of a large scale atmospheric mode throughout a wet season in Serbia. Further spatial analysis that incorporated a spatial autocorrelation statistic of correlation coefficients showed significant clustering at all temporal scales.",
publisher = "Elsevier Sci Ltd, Oxford",
journal = "Spatial Statistics",
title = "Spatial pattern of North Atlantic Oscillation impact on rainfall in Serbia",
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pages = "39-52",
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Luković, J., Blagojević, D., Kilibarda, M.,& Bajat, B.. (2015). Spatial pattern of North Atlantic Oscillation impact on rainfall in Serbia. in Spatial Statistics
Elsevier Sci Ltd, Oxford., 14, 39-52.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spasta.2015.04.007
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_gery_699
Luković J, Blagojević D, Kilibarda M, Bajat B. Spatial pattern of North Atlantic Oscillation impact on rainfall in Serbia. in Spatial Statistics. 2015;14:39-52.
doi:10.1016/j.spasta.2015.04.007
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_gery_699 .
Luković, Jelena, Blagojević, Dragan, Kilibarda, Milan, Bajat, Branislav, "Spatial pattern of North Atlantic Oscillation impact on rainfall in Serbia" in Spatial Statistics, 14 (2015):39-52,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spasta.2015.04.007 .,
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_gery_699 .
