Spuriously induced precipitation trends in the southeast United States

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 96, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 173-177

  Allard, Jason ^a   Keim, Barry D ^b   Chassereau, Jessica E ^c   Sathiaraj, David ^b  

^a Autism Academy of South Carolina   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c City of Columbia Utilities and Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CORRELATION; DATA SET; DATABASE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 64749093019     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-008-0021-9     Document Type: Article

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