A simple test for equality of variances in monthly climate data

Journal of Climate

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1770-1779

  Beersma, Jules J ^a   Buishand, T Adri ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICS;

EQUALITY OF VARIANCES; MONTHLY CLIMATE DATA;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

EID: 0032721147     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1999)012<1770:ASTFEO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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