Spatial variability and trends of the rain intensity over Greece

Advances in Geosciences

Volumn 26, Issue , 2010, Pages 65-69

  Kambezidis, H D ^a   Larissi, I K ^b   Nastos, P T ^c   Paliatsos, A G ^b  

^a NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; INTERPOLATION; KRIGING; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

GREECE;

EID: 77954642889     PISSN: 16807340     EISSN: 16807359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/adgeo-26-65-2010     Document Type: Article

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