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Title: | Daily precipitation concentration across Europe 1971-2010 |
Author: | Cortesi, Nicola González-Hidalgo, José Carlos Brunetti, M. Martín Vide, Javier |
Keywords: | Pluviometria Europa Pluviometry Europe |
Issue Date: | 2012 |
Publisher: | European Geosciences Union |
Abstract: | Daily Precipitation Concentration Index (CI) was used in this paper to investigate the statistical structure of daily precipitation across Europe based on 530 daily rainfall series for the period 1971-2010. Annual CI shows a North- West to South-East gradient (excluding Turkey and Greece). The same gradient is also observed in winter, spring and autumn, while in summer the gradient is North-South. Highest annual and seasonal daily concentrations of rainfall were detected in the western Mediterranean basin, mainly along Spanish and French coastlands. Latitude and distance from the sea seems to play a major role on spatial CI distribution; at subregional scale also relief plays an important role. The Mann-Kendall test did not identify uniform significant pattern in temporal trend across Europe for 1971-2010 period. The only broad areas with increasing annual and seasonal CI values are located in northern and south-western France and northern coastlands of the Iberian Peninsula. This findings suggest that daily precipitation distribution has not significantly changed during the 1971-2010 over Europe. |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: 10.5194/nhess-12-2799-2012 |
It is part of: | Natural Hazards And Earth System Sciences, 2012, vol. 12, p. 2799-2810 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/43765 |
Related resource: | http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/nhess-12-2799-2012 |
ISSN: | 1561-8633 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Geografia) |
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