Spatial and temporal patterns of dry spell lengths in the Iberian Peninsula for the second half of the twentieth century

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 91, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 99-116

  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

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; THRESHOLD; TREND ANALYSIS; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WEIBULL THEORY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 39449100049     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-007-0300-x     Document Type: Article

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