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Significant changes in the regional climate of the Aegean during 1961–2002

  1. Dr P. Good1,†,‡,*,
  2. C. Giannakopoulos2,
  3. H. Flocas3,
  4. K. Tolika4,
  5. C. Anagnostopoulou4,
  6. P. Maheras4

Article first published online: 13 FEB 2008

DOI: 10.1002/joc.1660

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International Journal of Climatology

International Journal of Climatology

Volume 28, Issue 13, pages 1735–1749, 15 November 2008

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Good, P., Giannakopoulos, C., Flocas, H., Tolika, K., Anagnostopoulou, C. and Maheras, P. (2008), Significant changes in the regional climate of the Aegean during 1961–2002. Int. J. Climatol., 28: 1735–1749. doi: 10.1002/joc.1660

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  1. 1

    National Observatory of Athens, Greece

  2. 2

    National Observatory of Athens, Greece

  3. 3

    Laboratory of Meteorology, Department of Applied Physics, Faculty of Physics, University of Athens, Athens, Greece

  4. 4

    Department of Meteorology and Climatology, University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki 54124, Greece

  1. †

    Hadley Centre, Met Office, UK.

  1. ‡

    P. Good thanks Dr. V. Kotroni and Dr. K. Lagouvardos for fruitful comments on this work. The Hellenic National Meteorological Service is kindly acknowledged for providing the data used in this study.

*Met Office, FitzRoy Road, Exeter, Devon, EX1 3PB, United Kingdom.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 16 OCT 2008
  2. Article first published online: 13 FEB 2008
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 30 OCT 2007
  4. Manuscript Revised: 22 AUG 2007
  5. Manuscript Received: 12 FEB 2007

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