Detection probability of trends in rare events: Theory and application to heavy precipitation in the Alpine region

Journal of Climate

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1568-1584

  Frei, C ^a   Schar C ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY; RAIN GAGES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTED COUNTS;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; EXTREME EVENT; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINGAUGE; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0035297926     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2001)014<1568:DPOTIR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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