Daily rainfall patterns in the Spanish Mediterranean area: An objective classification

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 95-112

  Romero, R ^a   Ramis, C ^a   Guijarro, J A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^b Ctro Meteorologico de Baleares ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Mesoclimatology; Rainfall Daily; Rainfall Heavy; Rainfall patterns; Topography; Western Mediterranean Spain

Indexed keywords

OROGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

SPAIN;

EID: 0033045502     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0088(199901)19:1<95::AID-JOC344>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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