Venezuelan rainfall data analysed by using a Bayesian space - time model

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series C: Applied Statistics

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 345-362

  Sansó, Bruno ^a   Guenni, Lelys ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Bayesian estimation; Markov chain Monte Carlo method; Rainfall modelling; Space time models; Truncated normal model

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033426717     PISSN: 00359254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9876.00157     Document Type: Article

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