Trends in the distributions of aggregated monthly precipitation over the La Plata Basin

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 32, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 2149-2162

  Doyle, Moira E ^a,b,c   Saurral, Ramiro I ^a,b,c   Barros, Vicente R ^a,b,c  

^a Centro de Investigacion del Mar y la Atmosfera   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c UMI IFAECI/CNRS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Extreme precipitation; GEV; La Plata Basin; Trends; Water vapour transport

Indexed keywords

EXTREME PRECIPITATION; GEV; LA PLATA BASIN; TRENDS; WATER VAPOUR;

CLIMATE CHANGE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RAIN; STORMS; VAPORS;

AGGREGATES;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

ARGENTINA; BRAZIL; LA PLATA BASIN; URUGUAY;

EID: 84869009591     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.2429     Document Type: Article

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