Comparison of techniques for detection of discontinuities in temperature series

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1087-1101

  Ducré Robitaille, Jean François ^a   Vincent, Lucie A ^b   Boulet, Gilles ^a  

^a Dir suivi l'etat l'environnement   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Discontinuities; Homogeneity tests; Simulated temperature series

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

HOMOGENIZATION TECHNIQUES;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; DATA INTERPRETATION; DISCONTINUITY; HOMOGENEITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0041972432     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.924     Document Type: Article

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