Storminess in northern Italy and the Adriatic Sea reaching back to 1760

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 40-41, Issue , 2012, Pages 80-85

  Matulla, C ^a   Hofstatter M ^a   Auer, I ^a   Bohm R ^a   Maugeri, M ^c   von Storch, H ^b   Krueger, O ^b  

^a ZAMG Zentralanstalt fuer Meteorologie und Geodynamik   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adriatic Sea; From 1760 on; Northern Italy; Storminess; Venetian lagoon

Indexed keywords

ADRIATIC SEA; FROM 1760 ON; NORTHERN ITALY; STORMINESS; VENETIAN LAGOON;

TIME SERIES;

STORMS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DECADAL VARIATION; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEASONAL VARIATION; STORM; TIME SERIES; TREND ANALYSIS; WIND VELOCITY;

ADRIATIC SEA; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84858862026     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2011.04.010     Document Type: Article

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