Analysis of precipitation extremes based on satellite and high-resolution gridded data set over Mediterranean basin

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 131, Issue , 2013, Pages 46-59

  Nastos, P T ^a   Kapsomenakis, J ^b   Douvis, K C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

Author keywords

E OBS; Extreme precipitation indices; Mediterranean; TRMM

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; E-OBS; EXTREME PRECIPITATION; MEDITERRANEAN; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; SATELLITE PRECIPITATION; TRMM; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SATELLITES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

RAIN GAGES;

DATA SET; LATENT HEAT FLUX; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; THRESHOLD; TRMM;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84882879486     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2013.04.009     Document Type: Article

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