A study on the intra-annual variation and the spatial distribution of precipitation amount and duration over Greece on a 10 day basis

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 207-222

  Bartzokas, A ^a   Lolis, C J ^a   Metaxas, D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

10 day periods; Factor analysis; Greece; Precipitation amount; Precipitation duration

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS;

MODE FACTOR ANALYSIS;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ANNUAL VARIATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

GREECE;

EID: 0037327491     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.874     Document Type: Article

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