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Harmonic analysis of the seasonal cycle in temperature over the Biokovo area (Croatia)
Author(s) -
Cvitan Lidija
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
international journal of climatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.58
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-0088
pISSN - 0899-8418
DOI - 10.1002/joc.3370151007
Subject(s) - climatology , harmonic , harmonic analysis , environmental science , spectral analysis , mount , annual cycle , atmospheric sciences , physics , mathematics , geology , computer science , mathematical analysis , quantum mechanics , spectroscopy , operating system
Harmonic analysis has been used to investigate the seasonal cycle in thermal regime at five locations over the Mount Biokovo region (Croatia): Makarska, Opuzen, Šestanovac, Imotski, and Vrgorac. The monthly averages of temperature as well as monthly means of minimum and maximum temperatures from 1961 to 1980 have been subjected to analysis. Decomposition of the harmonic analysis of temperature into three temperature types enabled, besides the conventional physical explanations of the annual harmonic oscillations, explanation in terms of shorter period harmonic oscillations. These results should be particularly important for botanical investigations.