Spatial and temporal characteristics of wet spells in Greece

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 81, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 71-85

  Tolika, Konstantia ^a   Maheras, Panagiotis ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAINFALL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 19544382008     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-004-0089-9     Document Type: Article

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