Rainfall variability in southern Spain on decadal to centennial time scales

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 721-732

  Rodrigo, F S ^a   Esteban Parra, M J ^b   Pozo Vazquez D ^c   Castro Diez Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Little Ice Age; Maunder Minimum; North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO); Regional rainfall anomalies

Indexed keywords

ANOMALY; LITTLE ICE AGE; MAUNDER MINIMUM; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; RAINFALL; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

SPAIN;

EID: 0033948237     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0088(20000615)20:7<721::AID-JOC520>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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