Changes in daily precipitation extremes in the Mediterranean from 1951 to 2010: The Basilicata region, southern Italy

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 33, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 3229-3248

  Piccarreta, M ^a   Pasini, A ^b   Capolongo, D ^a   Lazzari, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b CNR Institute of Atmospheric Pollution Research   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Annual and seasonal trend analysis; Basilicata; Multi day precipitation events; Precipitation extremes; Southern Italy

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

BASILICATA; PRECIPITATION EVENTS; PRECIPITATION EXTREMES; SEASONAL TRENDS; SOUTHERN ITALY;

RAIN;

AUTUMN; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; QUALITY CONTROL; RAINFALL; SUMMER; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS;

BASILICATA; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 84897041187     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3670     Document Type: Article

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