The paradoxical increase of Mediterranean extreme daily rainfall in spite of decrease in total values

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 31-1-31-4

  Alpert, P ^a   Ben Gai, T ^a   Baharad, A ^a   Benjamini, Y ^a   Yekutieli, D ^a   Colacino, M ^b   Diodato, L ^b   Ramis, C ^c   Homar, V ^c   Romero, R ^c   Michaelides, S ^d   Manes, A ^e  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Inst Fisica dell'Atmosfera   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^d Meteorological Service of Cyprus   (Cyprus)

^e Israel Ministry of Transport and Road Safety   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EROSION; FLOODS; RAIN; WATER;

WATER MANAGEMENT;

GEOPHYSICS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; EL NINO; GLOBAL WARMING; RAINFALL;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 0036624136     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001GL013554     Document Type: Article

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