Precipitation variability and change in the Calabria region (Italy) from a high resolution daily dataset

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 57-73

  Brunetti, Michele ^a   Caloiero, Tommaso ^a   Coscarelli, Roberto ^a   Gullà, Giovanni ^a   Nanni, Teresa ^a   Simolo, Claudia ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Homogenisation; Italy; Precipitation; Precipitation intensity

Indexed keywords

DATA AVAILABILITY; DATA SETS; DIFFERENT TIME WINDOWS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HOMOGENISATION; ITALY; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PRECIPITATION VARIABILITY; RAIN GAUGES; SOUTHERN ITALY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SUMMER MONTHS; TOTAL PRECIPITATION; TREND ANALYSIS; WINTER SEASONS;

GAGES; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

DATA SET; DATABASE; DETECTION METHOD; HOMOGENEITY; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINGAUGE; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TREND ANALYSIS;

CALABRIA; ITALY;

EID: 84855330203     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.2233     Document Type: Article

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