Spatial and temporal patterns of precipitation in Montenegro

Abstract

The paper analyses, spatial and temporal patterns of precipitation over Montenegro. Data on mean monthly precipitation during the period 1961–2015 from 17 meteorological stations were used for the analysis. Four regions with different spatial precipitation regimes were identified by using the principal component analysis and the agglomerative hierarchical clustering method. A downward tendency in annual precipitation prevails over Montenegro. The most prominent reduction was present in the summer season. In contrast, precipitation increased during autumn. However, the majority of estimated trend values was low and statistically insignificant.

Spatio-temporal patterns of flooded areas in the lower part of the Sana river basin (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

“…Similar results were also obtained for the European continent (Chen et al, 2015;Klein-Tank & Können, 2003). On the regional level, annual precipitation showed no uniform trend (Ćulafić et al, 2020;Gajić-Čapka et al, 2015;Unkašević & Tošić, 2011), while precipitation intensity had regionally increased (Alpert et al, 2002;Andjelković et al, 2018;Tošić et al, 2016). Non-significant positive values were detected on the majority of meteorological stations in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro, except for some stations (in mountainous areas) with a significant precipitation increase from 2% to 8% per decade (Milošević et al, 2021).…”