Wavelet and scaling analysis of monthly precipitation extremes in Germany in the 20th century: Interannual to interdecadal oscillations and the North Atlantic Oscillation influence

Water Resources Research

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1-13

  Markovic D ^a   Koch, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; OSCILLATIONS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WATER; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

DETRENDED FLUCTUATION ANALYSIS (DFA); FREQUENCY-TIME LOCALIZATION; HURST PARAMETERS; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECADAL VARIATION; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TWENTIETH CENTURY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; WORLD;

EID: 27544471910     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004WR003843     Document Type: Article

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