Precipitation pattern analysis in the Tiber River basin (central Italy) using standardized indices

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1781-1792

  Romano, Emanuele ^a   Preziosi, Elisabetta ^a  

^a WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Climate change; Extreme events; Periodicity; Rainfall; Standardized indices; Trend

Indexed keywords

CUMULATIVE PRECIPITATION; CUMULATIVE PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION; EXTREME EVENTS; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; PERIODICITY; SINGULAR SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZED INDICES; TREND;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; RAIN; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES; WATERSHEDS; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

LASERS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; EXTREME EVENT; KRIGING; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERIODICITY; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PROBABILITY; RAINFALL; STANDARDIZATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS;

ITALY; TIBER BASIN;

EID: 84878811827     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3549     Document Type: Article

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