Rainfall uncertainty in the Mediterranean: Time series, uncertainty, and extreme events

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 104, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 357-375

  Reiser, H ^a   Kutiel, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTREME EVENT; RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 79957522822     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-010-0345-0     Document Type: Article

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