Changes in the duration of European wet and dry spells during the last 60 years

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2022-2047

  Zolina, Olga ^a,b,e   Simmer, Clemens ^a   Belyaev, Konstantin ^c   Gulev, Sergey K ^d   Koltermann, Peter ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^d MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^e LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC COASTS; GEOMETRIC DISTRIBUTION; LONG-TERM VARIABILITY; POTENTIAL MECHANISM; RAIN GAUGE DATA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WARM SEASONS; WET AND DRY;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

DROUGHT;

PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EUROPE;

EID: 84875839111     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00498.1     Document Type: Article

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