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CR 28:155-161 (2005)  -  doi:10.3354/cr028155

Individual seasonality index of rainfall regimes in Greece

I. Livada, D. N. Asimakopoulos*

University of Athens, Physics Department, Section of Applied Physics, Laboratory of Meteorology, Panepistimiopolis, Building Physics-5, Athens, Greece
*Corresponding author. Email: dasimak@cc.uoa.gr

ABSTRACT: The study of rainfall seasonality in different geographical areas in Greece using an individual seasonality index was the purpose of the present work. The correlation of the seasonality index (SI—, sum of the absolute deviation of mean monthly rainfall from the overall monthly mean divided by the mean annual rainfall) with the mean individual seasonality index (SIi— average of SIi for each year i) was initially determined. A regression analysis of SI— with geographical latitude resulted in a statistically significant inverse linear correlation. The time series trend of the SIi was examined to verify that no significant change in rainfall seasonality occurred.


KEY WORDS: Seasonality index · Individual seasonality index · Rainfall distribution


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Published in CR Vol. 28, No. 2. Online publication date: March 16, 2005
Print ISSN: 0936-577X; Online ISSN: 1616-1572
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