Spatial distribution of the average air temperatures in Italy: Quantitative analysis

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 242-249

  Claps, Pierluigi ^a   Giordano, Pietro ^b   Laguardia, Giovanni ^c  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b DIPARTIMENTO DELLA PROTEZIONE CIVILE   (Italy)

^c JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air temperature; Fourier series; Italy; Regression analysis; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; STEPWISE REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CLIMATOLOGY; FOURIER SERIES; GEOMORPHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; FOURIER SERIES; GEOMORPHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ERROR ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 41049092312     PISSN: 10840699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1084-0699(2008)13:4(242)     Document Type: Article

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