Indices of precipitation extremes in Southern Portugal – a geostatistical approach

Most of the actual studies and previews of future rainfall patterns, based on past observed records for Mediterranean climate areas, focus on the decline of the rainfall amounts over the years, and also on the increase of the frequency of heavy/intense rainfall events particularly in the winter seas...

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Main Authors: R. Durão, M. J. Pereira, A. C. Costa, J. M. Côrte-Real, A. Soares
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2009-02-01
Series:Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/9/241/2009/nhess-9-241-2009.pdf