Intercomparison of temperature and precipitation data sets based on observations in the Mediterranean and the Middle East

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Tanarhte, M ^a,b   Hadjinicolaou, P ^b   Lelieveld, J ^a,b,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b CYPRUS INSTITUTE   (Cyprus)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE REGIME; CUMULATIVE DENSITY FUNCTIONS; DATA PRODUCTS; DATA SETS; DESERT AREA; INTERCOMPARISONS; MIDDLE EAST; PRECIPITATION DATA; SAUDI ARABIA; SEASONAL DISTRIBUTIONS; SEASONAL MEAN; SPATIAL FEATURES; STANDARD DEVIATION; STATION NETWORK; TWO PARAMETER; UPWARD TREND;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; DESERT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEASONALITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TREND ANALYSIS;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 84862983479     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD017293     Document Type: Article

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