Nonstationary modeling of a long record of rainfall and temperature over Rome

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1256-1267

  Villarini, Gabriele ^a,b   Smith, James A ^a   Napolitano, Francesco ^c  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b Towers Watson   (United Kingdom)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

GAMLSS; Nonstationarity; Rainfall; Teleconnections; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATIONS; CLIMATE FORCINGS; CLIMATE VARIABLES; COVARIATES; GAMLSS; GENERALIZED ADDITIVE MODEL; MODELING ANALYSIS; NON-STATIONARITIES; NONSTATIONARY; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; RAINFALL; SEASONAL AND INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; SEASONAL RAINFALL; SEASONAL TIME SERIES; SMOOTH FUNCTIONS; TELECONNECTIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; TIME SERIES;

RAIN;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE FORCING; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; RAINFALL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TELECONNECTION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WINTER;

ITALY; LAZIO; ROMA [LAZIO]; ROME;

EID: 78049292238     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2010.03.013     Document Type: Article

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