Changes in seasonal precipitation in the Iberian Peninsula during 1946-2005

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 27-33

  de Luis, Martin ^a   Brunetti, Michele ^b   Gonzalez Hidalgo, José Carlos ^a,b   Longares, Luis Alberto ^a   Martin Vide, Javier ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Iberian peninsula; Mediterranean; Precipitation trends; Seasonal precipitation; Subtropicalization

Indexed keywords

IBERIAN PENINSULA; MEDITERRANEAN; PRECIPITATION TRENDS; SEASONAL PRECIPITATIONS; SUBTROPICALIZATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

RAIN;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DATABASE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; SEASONAL VARIATION;

IBERIAN PENINSULA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SPAIN;

EID: 77957788886     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2010.06.006     Document Type: Article

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