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Secular series of annual precipitation over Croatia have been studied at three stations representing the different climatic regions of Croatia: Osijek (continental precipitation climate), Zagreb-Grič (continental precipitation climate with maritime influence) and Crikvenica (maritime precipitation climate).
The time series analysis has been deduced by using a “quick test” for stationarity according to Schönwiese and Malcher, moving average filters, the Mann-Kendall rank statistic, and a progressive test for trend according to Sneyers. From this analysis, the stationarity in time series of annual precipitation totals is stated over the entire interval at all locations except for a very short interval during the first decade of the twentieth century over the continental lowland (Osijek). A generally decreasing trend is present over the entire interval, but is statistically significant only in the continental lowland (Osijek).
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Gajić-Čapka, M. Fluctuations and trends of annual precipitation in different climatic regions of Croatia. Theor Appl Climatol 47, 215–221 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00866242
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