The Role of Increased Sunshine in Shaping Air Temperature Rise in Kraków (1951–2020)

Quaestiones Geographicae

Volume 44 (2025): Issue 3 (September 2025)

By:

Andrzej A. Marsz

, Dorota Matuszko

and Anna Styszyńska

Open Access

|Jul 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.14746/quageo-2025-0024 | Journal eISSN: 2081-6383 | Journal ISSN: 2082-2103

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Submitted on: Mar 4, 2025

Published on: Jul 28, 2025

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