Genetic algorithms: Towards their use in the homogenization of climatological records

Hrvatski Meteoroloski Casopis

Volumn 41, Issue , 2006, Pages 3-19

  Jann, Alexander ^a  

^a ZAMG Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik   (Austria)

Author keywords

Climatological data processing; Genetic algorithm; Homogenization; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; DATA PROCESSING; GENETIC ALGORITHM; OPTIMIZATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 34447300435     PISSN: 13300083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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