Spatial analysis of trend in extreme daily rainfall in southern France

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 799-812

  Blanchet, Juliette ^a,b   Molinié, Gilles ^a   Touati, Julien ^a  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Daily rainfall; Extreme value statistics; Mediterranean region; Trend

Indexed keywords

EXTREME EVENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; REGIONAL PATTERN; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS;

FRANCE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; RHONE VALLEY;

EID: 84964277233     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-016-3122-7     Document Type: Article

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