The climatic characteristics of extreme precipitations for short-term intervals in the watershed of Lake Maggiore

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 113, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 1-15

  Saidi, Helmi ^a   Ciampittiello, Marzia ^a   Dresti, Claudia ^a   Ghiglieri, Giorgio ^b,c  

^a CNR Institute of Ecosystem Study   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATERSHED;

ITALY; LAKE MAGGIORE;

EID: 84879502584     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-012-0768-x     Document Type: Article

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