A model for seasonal variation of rainfall at Adelaide and Turen

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 85, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 203-217

  Guenni, Lelys ^a,c   Hutchinson, Michael F ^b   Hogarth, William ^a   Rose, Calvin W ^a   Braddock, Roger ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Rainfall; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

PERIODIC FUNCTION COEFFICIENT; POISSON MODEL; PRECIPITATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL METHOD;

AUSTRALIA, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, ADELAIDE; VENEZUELA, TUREN;

EID: 0029730315     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3800(94)00189-8     Document Type: Article

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