Temporal and spatial persistence in rainfall records from Northeast Brazil and Galicia (Spain)

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 77, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 113-121

  Miranda, José Garcia Vivas ^a,b   Andrade, Roberto Fernandes Silva ^a   da Silva, Aderval Barros ^a   Ferreira, Cristiane Silva ^a   Gonzalez, Antonio Paz ^b   Carrera López, José L ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTORICAL RECORD; LATITUDE; RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BRAZIL; EURASIA; EUROPE; GALICIA; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 1842784689     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-003-0013-8     Document Type: Article

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