Combining snow water equivalent data from multiple sources to estimate spatio-temporal trends and compare measurement systems

Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 536-557

  Cowles, Mary Kathryn ^a   Zimmerman, Dale L ^a   Christ, Aaron ^a   McGinnis, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; Climate change; Markov chain Monte Carlo; Spatial statistics; Spatio temporal process

Indexed keywords

MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; TREND ANALYSIS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1642291059     PISSN: 10857117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/108571102753     Document Type: Article

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