Climatic trends: An investigation for a Calabrian basin (southern Italy)

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn , Issue 286, 2004, Pages 255-266

  Coscarelli, Roberto ^a   Gaudio, Roberto ^a   Caloiero, Tommaso ^a  

^a CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aridity index; Climatic trends; Global changes; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

ARIDITY INDEX; CLIMATE TRENDS; GLOBAL CHANGES;

AQUIFERS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN; SEA LEVEL; WATER RESOURCES;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ARIDITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TREND ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 84857903186     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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