Mediterranean warming is especially due to summer season

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 107, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 279-295

  Bartolini, Giorgio ^a,b   di Stefano, Valentina ^c   Maracchi, Giampiero ^c   Orlandini, Simone ^c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b Laboratory of Monitoring and Environmental Modelling for the Sustainable Development   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SUMMER;

ITALY; TUSCANY;

EID: 84855610880     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-011-0481-1     Document Type: Article

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