Precipitation change in Southern Italy linked to global scale oscillation indexes

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1683-1694

  Caloiero, T ^a   Coscarelli, R ^b   Ferrari, E ^c   Mancini, M ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE OSCILLATION; DATABASE; GLOBAL CLIMATE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TELECONNECTION; TREND ANALYSIS;

BASILICATA; CALABRIA; CAMPANIA [ITALY]; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PUGLIA; SICILY; TYRRHENIAN SEA;

EID: 79959624392     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-11-1683-2011     Document Type: Article

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