Monotonic trend and step changes in Japanese precipitation

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 279, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 144-150

  Xu, Z X ^a,b   Takeuchi, K ^a   Ishidaira, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Japan national precipitation; Mann Kendall test; Mann Whitney test; T test; Time series; Trend

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STATISTICAL METHODS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

STANDARD DEVIATION;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

JAPAN;

EID: 0141682160     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(03)00178-1     Document Type: Article

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