The rainfall regime and its uncertainty in Valencia and Larnaca

Advances in Geosciences

Volumn 12, Issue , 2007, Pages 101-106

  Reiser, H ^a   Kutiel, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ASIA; COMUNIDAD VALENCIA; CYPRUS; EURASIA; EUROPE; LARNACA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MIDDLE EAST; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 34548243562     PISSN: 16807340     EISSN: 16807359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/adgeo-12-101-2007     Document Type: Article

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