Complex behaviour and predictability of the European dry spell regimes

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 499-512

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

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PREDICTION; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EUROPE;

EID: 77957738452     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: 16077946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-17-499-2010     Document Type: Article

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