Trends and seasonality of extreme precipitation characteristics related to mid-latitude cyclones in Europe

Advances in Geosciences

Volumn 20, Issue , 2009, Pages 39-43

  Karagiannidis, A ^a   Karacostas, T ^a   Maheras, P ^a   Makrogiannis, T ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CYCLONE; EXTREME EVENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONALITY; SEVERE WEATHER; THUNDERSTORM; TREND ANALYSIS;

EUROPE;

EID: 77950367301     PISSN: 16807340     EISSN: 16807359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/adgeo-20-39-2009     Document Type: Article

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