Observed drought and wetness trends in Europe: An update

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1519-1530

  Bordi, I ^a   Fraedrich, K ^b,c   Sutera, A ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA SET; DROUGHT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES; TIMESCALE; TREND ANALYSIS;

EUROPE;

EID: 77951876213     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-13-1519-2009     Document Type: Article

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