Precipitation trends in mainland Portugal in the period 1941-2000

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn , Issue 310, 2007, Pages 94-102

  De Lima, M Isabel P ^a,b   Marques, Ana C P ^a   De Lima, João L M P ^a,c   Coelho, M Fátima E S ^d  

^a Institute of Marine Research/IMAR Sea   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^d INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Climate change; Mainland Portugal; Precipitation; Seasonality; Trend

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA REDUCTION; HYDROLOGY; STATISTICAL METHODS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

MAINLAND PORTUGAL; PRECIPITATION TRENDS; SEASONALITY; TEMPORAL STRUCTURE;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONALITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33947144343     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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