Change of extreme rainfall indexes at Ebro River Basin

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2127-2137

  Valencia, J L ^a   Tarquis, A M ^b   Saa Requejo A ^b   Gasco J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TREND ANALYSIS;

EBRO BASIN; SPAIN;

EID: 84863684221     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-12-2127-2012     Document Type: Article

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