Rescaled range analysis of pluviometric records in northeast Brazil

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 63, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 79-88

  Miranda, José Garcia Vivas ^a   Andrade, Roberto Fernandez Siva ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; RAINFALL; SEMIARID REGION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

(NORTHEAST); BRAZIL;

EID: 0032875906     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007040050094     Document Type: Article

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