Seasonal changes in daily precipitation extremes in mainland Portugal from 1941 to 2007

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1765-1788

  Espírito Santo, Fátima ^a   Ramos, Alexandre M ^d   de Lima, M Isabel P ^b,c   Trigo, Ricardo M ^d,e  

^a Portuguese Institute of Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSIDADE LUSÓFONA DE HUMANIDADES E TECNOLOGIAS   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Climate variability; Mainland Portugal; Modes of low frequency variability; Precipitation extremes; Trend analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907693887     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-013-0515-6     Document Type: Article

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