Some facts on extremeweather events analysis in Slovakia

Bioclimatology and Natural Hazards

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 39-53

  Lapin, M ^a   Damborska I ^b   Fasko P ^b   Gaal L ^b   Melo, M ^b  

^a Faculty of Natural Sciences   (Slovakia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Climate change scenarios; Extreme events; Extremes; Statistical elaboration

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649703673     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-8876-6_4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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