Trend analysis of annual and seasonal rainfall time series in the Mediterranean area

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1538-1546

  Longobardi, Antonia ^a   Villani, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mediterranean area; Rainfall; Trend analysis

Indexed keywords

CAMPANIA; DATA QUALITY; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; MEDITERRANEAN AREAS; PRECIPITATION TRENDS; RAINFALL; RAINFALL TIME SERIES; SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY; SEASONAL RAINFALL; SEASONAL SCALE; SOUTHERN ITALY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL SCALE; TIME INTERVAL; TOTAL STATION; TREND ANALYSIS; WIDE AREA;

CLIMATE CHANGE; RAIN; TIME SERIES;

TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS;

CAMPANIA [ITALY]; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 77956491573     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.2001     Document Type: Article

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