High-resolution analysis of daily precipitation trends in the central Alps over the last century

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1406-1422

  Brugnara, Y ^a   Brunetti, M ^a   Maugeri, M ^a,b   Nanni, T ^a   Simolo, C ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alps; Daily precipitation; Homogenization; Precipitation intensity

Indexed keywords

ALPS; CENTRAL ALPS; CLIMATIC TRENDS; DATA SETS; EUROPEAN ALPS; GEOGRAPHICAL PATTERNS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH RESOLUTION ANALYSIS; HOMOGENIZATION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PRECIPITATION TRENDS; SPATIAL COHERENCE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; STUDY AREAS; TOTAL PRECIPITATION; TRANSITION ZONES; VARIABLE LENGTH;

CLIMATOLOGY;

EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES;

CLIMATOLOGY; DATA SET; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS;

ALPS; AUSTRIA; TYROL;

EID: 84863610294     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.2363     Document Type: Article

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