Cortesi, NicolaGonzález-Hidalgo, José CarlosBrunetti, M.Martín Vide, Javier2013-05-272013-05-2720121561-8633https://hdl.handle.net/2445/43765Daily 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.12 p.application/pdfengcc-by (c) Cortesi, N. et al., 2012http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/esPluviometriaEuropaPluviometryEuropeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article6224382013-05-27info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess