Climate variability in north-western Italy during the second half of the 20th century

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 63, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 185-195

  Ciccarelli, N ^a   von Hardenberg, J ^a   Provenzale, A ^a   Ronchi, C ^b   Vargiu, A ^b   Pelosini, R ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b ARPA PIEMONTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Climate variability; Impacts of climate change; Regional studies; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUMMER; TIME SERIES; WINTER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 51449096607     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2008.03.006     Document Type: Article

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