What is it about?
This climatological paper talks about long-term trends of a local wind called Koshava. Koshava is strong wind that blows in Serbia and surrounding countries. We addressed the following trends of Koshava: wind speed trend, occurrence trend, trend of Koshava periods (multiday Koshava events). Causes of the trends are explained and application of the observed trends are applied to the wind energy sector. In short, we demonstrated that Koshava is weakening (at least in the period 1949-2010).
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Why is it important?
Koshava is very strong local wind and of great importance for climatology and weather of Balkan. However, there are only few publications on this wind. Our paper is important because: 1) first paper that addresses climatological trends of this local wind 2) results based on long-term observations from weather stations 3) input data inspected for homogeneity 4) causes of the observed trends explained 5) application of the observed trends to wind energy sector provided
Perspectives
This is my first peer reviewed publication. It is published in one of the strongest meteorological/climatological journals out there and I am very happy to shear findings of my coauthors and myself with you. This paper is about local wind named Koshava; more specifically, the paper addresses the climatological trends of this strong and gusty wind. The wind is of great importance for the whole Balkan region. I think this paper is now an important part of the literature on the climatology of Balkan Peninsula.
Dr Djordje Romanic
McGill University
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This page is a summary of: Long-term trends of the ‘Koshava’ wind during the period 1949-2010, International Journal of Climatology, March 2014, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3981.
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