Monthly rainfall changes in Central and Western Mediterranean basins, at the end of the 20th and beginning of the 21st centuries

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 31, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 1943-1958

  Altava Ortiz, Vicent ^a   Llasat, María Carmen ^a   Ferrari, Ennio ^b   Atencia, Aitor ^a   Sirangelo, Beniamino ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Central Mediterranean; Parametric nonparametric techniques; Rainfall; Seasonal NAO; Trend; Western Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN; PARAMETRIC/NONPARAMETRIC TECHNIQUES; SEASONAL NAO; TREND; WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY; COASTAL ZONES; TIME SERIES;

RAIN;

CLIMATE VARIATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS; TWENTIETH CENTURY; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

CALABRIA; FRANCE; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN COAST [FRANCE]; MEDITERRANEAN COAST [SPAIN]; SARDINIA; SPAIN;

EID: 80054952560     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.2204     Document Type: Article

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