A nonparametric test for trends in the occurrence of rare events

Journal of Climate

Volumn 16, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 2602-2614

  López Díaz, Jose A ^a  

^a Inst Nac de Meteorología ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBINATORIAL MATHEMATICS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RECURSIVE FUNCTIONS;

NONPARAMETRIC TESTS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE MODELING; EXTREME EVENT; PALEOCLIMATE;

EID: 17544397883     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2003)016<2602:ANTFTI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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