Regional Kendall test for trend

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 4066-4073

  Helsel, Dennis R ^a   Frans, Lonna M ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REGIONAL TRENDS; SEASONAL KENDALL TREND TEST; TREND ANALYSIS;

CLIMATOLOGY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING;

GROUND WATER; NITRATE; SURFACE WATER;

CLIMATOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; TREND ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; KENDALL TEST; MANN KENDALL TEST; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; SEASON; SEASONAL KENDALL TEST; SEASONAL VARIATION; TREND STUDY; WATER SAMPLING;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; NITRATES; SEASONS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WATER;

EID: 33746746458     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es051650b     Document Type: Article

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