Trends in the frequency of extreme climate events in Latvia

Baltica

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 135-148

  Avotniece, Zanita ^a   Rodinov, Valery ^b   Lizuma, Lita ^a   Briede, Agrita ^b   Kļaviņš, Maris ^b  

^a Latvian Environment   (Latvia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climate extremes; Large scale atmospheric circulation; Latvia; Trends

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; EXTREME EVENT; LONG-TERM CHANGE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SEASONALITY; TREND ANALYSIS;

LATVIA;

EID: 78650366445     PISSN: 00673064     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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