Stability of the seasonal distribution of precipitation in the Mediterranean region: Observations since 1950 and projections for the 21st century

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  López Moreno, Juan I ^a   Vicente Serrano, Sergio M ^a   Gimeno, Luis ^b   Nieto, Raquel ^b  

^a INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; CONTROL PERIODS; DATA SETS; MEDITERRANEAN AREAS; MEDITERRANEAN BASIN; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PRECIPITATION TRENDS; SEASONAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 67651115490     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL037956     Document Type: Article

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