Influence of the North Atlantic Oscillation on winter rainfall in Calabria (southern Italy)

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 114, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 479-494

  Ferrari, E ^a   Caloiero, T ^b   Coscarelli, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^c CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RAINFALL; WINTER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); CALABRIA; ITALY;

EID: 84887319283     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-013-0856-6     Document Type: Article

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