Intercomparison of homogenization techniques for precipitation data

Water Resources Research

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Beaulieu, Claudie ^a   Seidou, Ousmane ^a   Ouarda, Taha B M J ^a   Zhang, Xuebin ^b   Boulet, Gilles ^c   Yagouti, Abderrahmane ^c  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c Ministere du Developpement durable de l'Environnement et des Parcs   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STUDENTS;

JARUSKOVA'S METHOD; TWO-PHASE REGRESSION;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STUDENTS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DESIGN; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 41149094392     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006WR005615     Document Type: Article

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