Trends and extremes analysis of daily weather data from a site in the Capitanata plain (Southern Italy)

Italian Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 133-143

  Vitale, Domenico ^a   Rana, Gianfranco ^b   Soldo, Pietro ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Climate change; Mediterranean area; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA INTERPRETATION; EXTREME EVENT; INDEX METHOD; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TIME SERIES; TREND ANALYSIS; WEATHER STATION;

ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 84857283674     PISSN: 11254718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/ija.2010.133     Document Type: Article

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