A review of homogenization techniques for climate data and their applicability to precipitation series;Synthèse des techniques d'homogénéisation des séries climatiques et analyse d'applicabilité aux séries de précipitations

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 18-37

  Beaulieu, Claudie ^a   Ouarda, Taha B M J ^a   Seidou, Ousmane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bayesian methods; Climatic series; Homogenization; Jump; Statistical test; Trend

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); STATISTICAL TESTS;

BAYESIAN METHODS; CLIMATIC SERIES; HOMOGENIZATION TECHNIQUES;

CLIMATOLOGY;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CLIMATIC REGION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT;

EID: 33846809173     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1623/hysj.52.1.18     Document Type: Review

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