Variability of low monthly rainfall in La Plata Basin

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 313-323

  Penalba, Olga C ^a   Vargas, Walter M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Distribution; Management; Rainfall; Variability

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCES;

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; DISTRIBUTION; EMPIRICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; FREQUENCY ADJUSTMENT; LOW FREQUENCY VARIABILITY; PRECIPITATION VARIABILITY; VARIABILITY; WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT;

RAIN;

AGRICULTURAL MODELING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DECADAL VARIATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

EID: 52949094269     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: 14698080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/met.68     Document Type: Review

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