Variability of extreme precipitation over Europe and its relationships with teleconnection patterns

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 709-725

  Casanueva, A ^a   Rodriguez Puebla C ^b   Frias M D ^a   Gonzalez Reviriego N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATIONS; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; NONPARAMETRIC APPROACHES; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; PRECIPITATION EXTREMES; PRECIPITATION INDICES; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); TELECONNECTION PATTERNS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE CHANGE;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA SET; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TELECONNECTION;

EUROPE;

EID: 84897599825     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-18-709-2014     Document Type: Article

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