Regional and seasonal variability of extreme precipitation trends in southern Poland and central-eastern Germany 1951-2006

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 31, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 2249-2271

  Łupikasza, Ewa B ^a   Hänsel, Stephanie ^b   Matschullat, Jörg ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^b TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Central Eastern Europe; Heavy precipitation; Regional climate change; Trend variability and stability

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX PATTERN; EASTERN EUROPE; EXTREME PRECIPITATION; GERMANY; HEAVY PRECIPITATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGES; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; SPATIAL DIFFERENTIATION; SPATIAL EXTENT; SPATIAL PATTERNS; STABILITY ANALYSIS; STUDY AREAS; SUB-REGIONS; TEMPORAL CHANGE; TEMPORAL STABILITY; TEMPORAL TRENDS; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; TRANSITIONAL SEASON;

CLIMATE CHANGE; STABILITY;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

CLIMATE CHANGE; EXTREME EVENT; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TREND ANALYSIS;

GERMANY; POLAND;

EID: 81155130044     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.2229     Document Type: Article

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