Extreme normalised residuals of daily temperatures in Catalonia (NE Spain): Sampling strategies, return periods and clustering process

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-17

  Serra, C ^a   Martinez M D ^a   Lana, X ^a   Burgueno A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ESTIMATION METHOD; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CATALONIA; SPAIN;

EID: 77953808065     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-009-0172-3     Document Type: Article

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