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SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
Volume 571, Issue -, Pages 398-409Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.06.142
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Soil temperature and moisture trends; Climate change; Serbia; A1B scenario; Complexity analysis
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- Studying climate change and its influence on the environment: impacts, adaptation and mitigation [III 43007]
- Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia within the framework of integrated and interdisciplinary research
- Provincial Secretariat for Science and Technological Development of Vojvodina [114-451-2151/2011-01]
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We considered temporal and spatial variations to the thermal and moisture regimes of the most common RSGs (Reference Soil Groups) in Serbia under the A1B scenario for the 2021-2050 and 2071-2100 periods, with respect to the 1961-1990 period. We utilized dynamically downscaled global climate simulations from the ECHAM5 model using the coupled regional climate model EBU-POM (Eta Belgrade University-Princeton Ocean Model). We analysed the soil temperature and moisture time series using simple statistics and a Kolmogorov complexity (KC) analysis. The corresponding metrics were calculated for 150 sites. In the future, warmer and drier regimes can be expected for all RSGs in Serbia. The calculated soil temperature and moisture variations include increases in the mean annual soil temperature (up to 3.8 degrees C) and decreases in the mean annual soil moisture (up to 11.3%). Based on the KC values, the soils in Serbia are classified with respect to climate change impacts as (1) less sensitive (Vertisols, Umbrisols and Dystric Cambisols) or (2) more sensitive (Chernozems, Eutric Cambisols and Planosols). (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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