Spatial and temporal variability of the frequency of extreme daily rainfall regime in the La Plata Basin during the 20th century

Climatic Change

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 531-550

  Penalba, Olga C ^a   Robledo, Federico A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

20TH CENTURY; ANNUAL CYCLE; ANNUAL RAINFALL; AUSTRAL SUMMERS; DAILY RAINFALL; EXTREME EVENTS; EXTREME RAINFALL; HIGH QUALITY; INTER-DECADAL VARIABILITY; LA PLATA BASIN; SOUTHERN BRAZIL; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; URUGUAY;

RAIN;

ANNUAL CYCLE; DECADAL VARIATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

LA PLATA BASIN;

EID: 77149134013     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-009-9744-6     Document Type: Article

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