TY - JOUR
TI - Climate change effects and UV-B radiation in the Vojvodina region, Serbia under the SRES-A2
AU - Malinović-Milićević Slavica B
AU - Mihailović Dragutin T
AU - Drešković Nusret M
AU - Đurđević Vladimir S
AU - Mimić Gordan I
AU - Arsenić Ilija D
JN - Thermal Science
PY - 2015
VL - 19
IS - 12
SP - 289
EP - 298
PT - Article
AB - In this article we considered the extreme temperatures, precipitation and  UV-B radiation in Vojvodina region, Serbia. We describe the actual climate  conditions for the period 1981−2007 and applied a dynamic downscaling  technique using the EBU-POM regional coupled climate model under the SRES-A2  scenario to assess the changes for the period 2021-2100. The results indicate  that a warmer and drier climate in the Vojvodina region can be expected at  the end of the century. Projection of climate indicates to a strong increase  in the mean annual minimum temperatures, and much smaller increase in the  mean annual maximum temperatures. The increase of both extreme temperatures  is predicted to be the highest in the winter and the lowest in the summer.  Mean annual precipitation is projected to increase toward the end of the  first half of the 21st century and to decrease for the last 30 years of the  21st century. Precipitation amount will be the highest during the winter and  spring. The model simulations show that, by the end of this century, annual  mean UV-B dose will recover by 5.2%. Recovery will be faster in the first  half of the 21st century and more slowly later on. The UV-B doses recovery is  expected to be the highest during the autumn and spring. [Projekat  Ministarstva nauke Republike Srbije, br. III 43007: Studying climate change  and its influence on the environment: impacts, adaptation and mitigation]