Changes in the winter precipitation in Romania and its relation to the large-scale circulation

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 538-552

  Busuioc, Aristita ^a   Von Storch, Hans ^b,c  

^a National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology   (Romania)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRECIPITATION; RAINFALL DATA (1901-1988); TIME SERIES; WINTER;

ROMANIA;

EID: 0030440032     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0870.1996.t01-3-00004.x     Document Type: Article

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