Precipitation dynamics in southern Spain: Trends and cycles

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 31, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 2281-2289

  Ruiz Sinoga, Jose Damian ^a   Garcia Marin, Ramón ^b   Martinez Murillo, Juan Francisco ^a   Gabarron Galeote, Miguel Angel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Climatic change; Precipitation; Southern Spanish Mediterranean; Trends

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF DATA; ANDALUSIA; CLIMATIC CHANGES; EAST COAST; MONITORING STATIONS; SEASONAL PRECIPITATIONS; SOUTHERN SPAIN; SOUTHERN SPANISH MEDITERRANEAN; TEMPORAL DATABASE; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; TRENDS; WEST COAST;

CLIMATOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL CYCLE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TREND ANALYSIS;

ANDALUCIA; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; SPAIN;

EID: 82355172966     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.2235     Document Type: Article

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