Influence of climate change on IDF curves for the metropolitan area of Barcelona (Spain)

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 643-654

  Rodríguez, Raul ^a   Navarro, Xavier ^a   Casas, M Carmen ^a   Ribalaygua, Jaime ^b   Russo, Beniamino ^c   Pouget, Laurent ^d   Redaño, Angel ^e  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b Fundación Para la Investigación del Clima FIC   (Spain)

^c Clavegueram de Barcelona SA (Clabsa)   (Spain)

^d CETaqua Water Technology Center ^*  (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Climate change; Extreme rainfall; IDF curves; Scale analysis; Temporal downscaling

Indexed keywords

DAILY RAINFALL SERIES; DOWN-SCALING; EXTREME RAINFALL; FUTURE CLIMATE SCENARIOS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; IDF CURVES; SCALE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL DOWNSCALING;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GREENHOUSE GASES; URBAN PLANNING;

RAIN;

CLIMATE CHANGE; EXTREME EVENT; METROPOLITAN AREA; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; URBAN CLIMATE;

BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; SPAIN;

EID: 84896736637     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3712     Document Type: Article

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