A wavelet based significance test for periodicities in Indian Monsoon rainfall

International Journal of Wavelets, Multiresolution and Information Processing

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 291-304

  Azad, Sarita ^a   Narasimha, Roddam ^a   Setts, S K ^b  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

^b DELHI TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Homogeneous Indian monsoon rainfall; Multiresolution analysis; Periodicities; Significance test

Indexed keywords

FOURIER ANALYSIS; MULTIRESOLUTION ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

PERIODICITIES; SIGNIFICANCE TEST;

RAIN;

EID: 44449153049     PISSN: 02196913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219691308002355     Document Type: Article

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