The impact of climate change on daily precipitation statistics in Jordan and Israel

Atmospheric Science Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 192-200

  Black, Emily ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Middle East; Precipitation; Regional model

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; STORM TRACK;

ISRAEL; JORDAN;

EID: 77949339196     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1530261X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asl.233     Document Type: Article

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