Assessing gridded observations for daily precipitation extremes in the Alps with a focus on northwest Italy

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1457-1468

  Turco, M ^a   Zollo, A L ^a   Ronchi, C ^b   De Luigi, C ^b   Mercogliano, P ^a  

^a CENTRO EURO MEDITERRANEO SUI CAMBIAMENTI CLIMATICI   (Italy)

^b ARPA PIEMONTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; DATA SET; EXTREME EVENT; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; REGIONAL CLIMATE; TIME SERIES;

ALPS; ITALY;

EID: 84879219563     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-13-1457-2013     Document Type: Article

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