Distributions of long dry spells in the Iberian Peninsula, years 1951-1990

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 26, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 1999-2021

  Lana, X ^a   Martinez M D ^a   Burgueno A ^b   Serra, C ^a   Martin Vide J ^b   Gomez L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Drought risk; Extreme and long dry spells; Extreme value distribution; Generalised Pareto distribution; Iberian Peninsula; L moments; Partial duration series

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; RAIN; RAIN GAGES; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CLIMATIC DROUGHT RISK ASSESSMENT; EXTREME VALUE DISTRIBUTION; GENERALISED PARETO DISTRIBUTION; IBERIAN PENINSULA; PARTIAL DURATION SERIES;

DROUGHT;

DROUGHT; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKEWNESS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33947261246     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1354     Document Type: Article

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