Temporal trends in extreme rainfall intensity and erosivity in the Mediterranean region: a case study in southern Tuscany, Italy

Climatic Change

Volumn 128, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 139-151

  Vallebona, Chiara ^a   Pellegrino, Elisa ^a   Frumento, Paolo ^b   Bonari, Enrico ^a  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION; EROSION; FLOOD CONTROL; GAGES; LOGISTIC REGRESSION;

ADAPTATION STRATEGIES; HIGH TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; INTENSE PRECIPITATION; LAND CONSERVATION; MEDITERRANEAN AREAS; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; RAINFALL EROSIVITY; RAINFALL INTENSITY;

RAIN;

MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINGAUGE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ITALY; TUSCANY;

EID: 84916925680     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: 15731480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-014-1287-9     Document Type: Article

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