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3 Method of Analysis
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4 Results
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4.1 Mean Precipitation and Aridity Conditions
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4.1.1
General
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4.1.2
Mean Precipitation
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4.1.3
Seasonality of Precipitation
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4.1.4
Precipitation Variability
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4.1.5
Aridity Index
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4.2 Variations and Trends in Precipitation and Aridity Index Series
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4.2.1
Annual and Seasonal Precipitation Series
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4.2.2
Aridity Index Series
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4.2.3
An Assessment of Precipitation Anomalies During the
Period 1994-2000
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5 Discussion and Conclusions
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References
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Circulation Types and Their Influence on the Interannual Variability and
Precipitation Changes in Greece
P. Maheras, C. Anagnostopoulou
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Abstract
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1 Introduction
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2 The Spatial Distribution of Precipitation in Greece
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3 Variability and Trends of Precipitation
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3.1 Variability of precipitation
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3.2 Trends of Precipitation
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4 The Automated Circulation Classification Scheme
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4.1 Principle
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4.2 Short Description of the Circulation Types
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4.3 Frequencies of The Circulation Types and Their Relationship
With Precipitation
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5 Extreme Episodes
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6 Simulation of the Annual Cycle and Extreme Precipitation Events
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7 Conclusions
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References
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Investigations on Global Climate Change in Bulgaria
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Precipitation Scenarios in the Central-western Mediterranean Basin
E. Piervitali, M. Colacino
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Abstract
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I Introduction
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2 Data Set
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3 Analysis of Precipitation Trend
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4 Analysis of Correlation Between Precipitation, NAO and MO
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5 Forecast of Rainfall Using Winter's Model
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6 Forecast of Soil Moisture
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