Future changes in the relationship of precipitation intensity in Eastern Mediterranean with large scale circulation

Advances in Geosciences

Volumn 23, Issue , 2010, Pages 31-36

  Hatzaki, M ^a   Flocas, H A ^a   Oikonomou, C ^a   Giannakopoulos, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE MODELING; GLOBAL WARMING; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; TELECONNECTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (EAST); MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST); SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 77949419455     PISSN: 16807340     EISSN: 16807359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/adgeo-23-31-2010     Document Type: Article

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