Precipitation variability and changes in the greater Alpine region over the 1800-2003 period

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 11, 2006, Pages

  Brunetti, Michele ^a   Maugeri, Maurizio ^b   Nanni, Teresa ^a   Auer, Ingeborg ^c   Böhm, Reinhard ^c   Schöner, Wolfgang ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES AND CLIMATE   (Italy)

^b Istituto di Fisica Generale Applicata ^*  (Italy)

^c ZAMG Zentralanstalt fuer Meteorologie und Geodynamik   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 33746583604     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD006674     Document Type: Article

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