Climate Atlas of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Abstract

The chapter presents the Climate Atlas of Bosnia and Herzegovina with 180 thematic maps. The digital interactive Climate Atlas was created for the first time for the needs of the Third National Communication of Bosnia and Herzegovina and was published in 2016. The publisher was the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics of the University of Banja Luka, and the climatological maps are displayed in the form of a WEB interactive climate atlas. The interactive climate atlas can be accessed via the link: http://www.unfccc.ba/klimatski_atlas/. By decision of the Teaching and Scientific Council of the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics of the University of Banja Luka number: 19/3.1370/16 from May 18, 2016 the Climate Atlas of Bosnia and Herzegovina by authors Davorin Bajić and Goran Trbić was approved to be published as a scientific publication. In this monograph, the Climate Atlas is published for the first time in a printed edition. The Climatic Atlas of Bosnia and Herzegovina consists of sets of digital climatological maps related to two climatological parameters, air temperature and precipitation, displayed by month, season, growing sesaon and year. Climate maps were made for three climatological periods, namely: the observed period 1961‒1990, and the periods 2001‒2030 and 2071‒2100, which refer to scenarios A1B and A2. Climate maps for the period 1961‒1990 were made based on the interpolation of climate parameters from 45 meteorological stations in Bosnia and Herzegovina.