On rainfall seasonality using a hidden semi-Markov model

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 15, 2007, Pages

  Sansom, John ^a   Thomson, Peter ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b Statistics Research Associates Ltd   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHIC METHODS; HIDDEN MARKOV MODELS; METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL METHODS; RAIN;

MARKOV CHAIN; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAINFALL; SEASONALITY;

EID: 35148863058     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD008342     Document Type: Article

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