Observed trends in the daily intensity of United Kingdom precipitation

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 347-364

  Osborn, Timothy J ^a   Hulme, Mike ^a   Jones, Philip D ^a   Basnett, Tracy A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Daily precipitation; Observed climate; Precipitation intensity trends; UK

Indexed keywords

PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL INTENSITY; TREND ANALYSIS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034732064     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0088(20000330)20:4<347::AID-JOC475>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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