Trends in heavy precipitation in the Czech Republic over 1961-2005

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1745-1758

  Kyselý, Jan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Central Europe; Climate variability; Czech Republic; Precipitation extremes; Trend analysis

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL EUROPE; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; CZECH REPUBLIC; PRECIPITATION EXTREMES; TREND ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERICS; CLIMATOLOGY;

RAIN;

CLIMATE VARIATION; EXTREME EVENT; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINGAUGE; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEASONALITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TREND ANALYSIS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 70349858106     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1784     Document Type: Article

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