Modelling persistence in annual Australian point rainfall

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 197-211

  Whiting, Julian P ^a   Lambert, Martin F ^a   Metcalfe, Andrew V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian rainfall; Fractional differencing; Hidden state Markov models; Hydrological persistence; PDO; SOI

Indexed keywords

PERSISTENCE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; TIME SERIES;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0141638727     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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