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According to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group I, published on 2 February 2007 (IPCC 2007), the key processes influencing the European climate can be summarized as follows: (i) water vapour transport from low to high latitudes has increased; (ii) variation of atmospheric circulation has changed on interannual as well as longer time scales; (iii) snow cover during winter has reduced in the northeastern part of the continent; (iv) the soil has dried in summer in the Mediterranean and Central European regions.
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Bartholy, J., Pongrácz, R., Gelybó, G., Kern, A. (2009). What Climate Can We Expect in Central/Eastern Europe by 2071–2100?. In: Střelcová, K., et al. Bioclimatology and Natural Hazards. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8876-6_1
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