Reconstruction of seasonal and annual rainfall variability in the Iberian peninsula (16th-20th centuries) from documentary data

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 63, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 243-257

  Rodrigo, F S ^a   Barriendos, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

documentary data; historical climatology; Iberian Peninsula; seasonal and annual rainfall

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CLIMATOLOGY; COASTAL ZONE; DATA; DOCUMENTARY SOURCE; RAINFALL; REGRESSION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 51449117682     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2007.09.004     Document Type: Article

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