A complete daily precipitation database for northeast Spain: reconstruction, quality control, and homogeneity.

Authors :: Vicente-Serrano, Sergio M.
Beguería, Santiago
López-Moreno, Juan I.
García-Vera, Miguel A.
Stepanek, Petr
Source :: International Journal of Climatology; Jun2010, Vol. 30 Issue 8, p1146-1163, 21p, 1 Chart, 11 Graphs, 4 Maps
Publication Year :: 2010
Abstract: The article reports on the process used in the creation of a homogeneous database of daily precipitation in northeast Spain. It states that the source database is composed of daily precipitation observatories, with data from 1901 to 2002. It also mentions that the procedure is a model proposed for the development of a standard procedure for constructing a database of daily climate data.

Subjects :: CLIMATE change
PRECIPITATION variability
DATABASE management
CLIMATOLOGY
METEOROLOGICAL stations

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