Instructions for authors

Length of paper
Our goal is to encourage original research articles of 10–20 published pages – including all text, references, figures and tables, Manuscripts should have between 3'000 and 6'000 words. Submitted manuscripts excessively over the limit will be returned to the authors before review.

General formatting rules (page setup, text and figures)
Please send your manuscript as MS doc file (not docx). A LaTeX template will be available in the future.
Page setup: A4 format. Margins: 4 cm on all sides.
Text: Times New Roman 12.
Article title and section title should be in Bold.
Please keep formatting to a minimum.
Figures have to be "in line with text" (option available in the menu Format/Picture in the Layout tab) and shall not be over 13 cm width.

Language
We appreciate any efforts that you make to ensure that the language is corrected before submission. This will greatly improve the legibility of your paper if English is not your first language. British English or American English spelling and terminology may be used, but either one should be followed consistently throughout the article.

Manuscript text
Title page
The title page should include:

• The name(s) of the author(s);
  
• A concise and informative title;
  
• The affiliation(s) and address(es) of the author(s);
  
• The e-mail address, telephone and fax numbers of the corresponding author.
  

• There is a general warming signal over Romania (Dumitrescu et al. 2014).
  
• Sparks and Menzel (2002) stated that the growing season length is a valuable agrometeorological indicator.
  
• Several studies investigated the air temperature variability and changes in thermal extremes, in different areas of the Carpathian Region (e.g., Cheval et al. 2004, 2014; Pribullová et al. 2013; Bokwa et al. 2013).