Global analysis of runs of annual precipitation and runoff equal to or below the median: Run length

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 807-822

  Peel, Murray C ^a   Pegram, Geoffrey G S ^b   McMahon, Thomas A ^a  

^a Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Annual precipitation; Annual runoff; AR(1); Decadal and multi decadal oscillations; ENSO; Global; Run length; Runs analysis

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; ECOSYSTEMS; HYDROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AUTOREGRESSION;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE OSCILLATION; DECADAL VARIATION; DROUGHT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RUNOFF;

AFRICA; SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 2942687191     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1041     Document Type: Article

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