Observations inhomogeneities and detection of climate change

Geophysica

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 159-178

  Sneyers, R ^a   Tuomenvirta, H ^a   Heino, R ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Change point search; Climate evolution; Climatological time series; Homogenization; Joint significance levels; Sequential statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; HETEROGENEITY;

EID: 0032413496     PISSN: 03674231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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