Daily precipitation observations over Emilia-Romagna: Mean values and extremes

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 28, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 2065-2079

  Pavan, V ^a   Tomozeiu, R ^a   Cacciamani, C ^a   di Lorenzo, M ^a  

^a ARPA SIM   (Italy)

Author keywords

Climatology; Daily discharge; Long term climate variability; Precipitation; Time trends

Indexed keywords

DAILY DISCHARGE; DECADAL VARIABILITIES; EXTREME EVENTS; LARGE-SCALE CIRCULATIONS; LONG-TERM CLIMATE VARIABILITY; LONG-TERM VARIABILITIES; MEAN PRECIPITATIONS; MEAN VALUES; NORTHERN ITALY; PRECIPITATION; PRECIPITATION DATUM; RIVER DISCHARGES; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL VARIABILITIES; TIME TRENDS; TOTAL PRECIPITATIONS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE VARIATION; EXTREME EVENT; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PERIODICITY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIVER DISCHARGE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EMILIA-ROMAGNA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; RENO BASIN; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EMILIA;

EID: 61749102771     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1694     Document Type: Article

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