An entropy-based investigation into the variability of precipitation

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 370, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 139-154

  Mishra, Ashok K ^a   Özger, Mehmet ^a,b   Singh, Vijay P ^a  

^a Texas A and M University   (United States)

^b ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

ADI; Disorder index; Hurst exponent; Mann Kendall test; Marginal entropy; Variability

Indexed keywords

ADI; DISORDER INDEX; HURST EXPONENT; MANN-KENDALL TEST; MARGINAL ENTROPY; VARIABILITY;

DROUGHT; STREAM FLOW;

ENTROPY;

DROUGHT; ENTROPY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TIME SERIES;

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65349086260     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.03.006     Document Type: Article

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