On climate variability in Northeast of Brazil

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 575-596

  Da Silva, Vicente De Paulo Rodrigues ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINA GRANDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aridity index; Class A pan evaporation; Rainfall,air temperature; Reference evapo transpiration; Relative humidity; Trend

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; RAINFALL; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; TIME SERIES;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 3042810216     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2003.12.002     Document Type: Article

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