Statistical characteristics of detectable inhomogeneities in observed meteorological time series

Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 239-260

  Domonkos, Peter ^a   Štěpánek, Petr ^b  

^a Regional office Brno ^*  (Hungary)

^b CZECH HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Central Europe; Homogenisation; Precipitation; Relative humidity; Temperature; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; DATA SET; FORECASTING METHOD; HOMOGENEITY; INTERPOLATION; METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RELATIVE HUMIDITY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUNGARY;

EID: 66149171516     PISSN: 00393169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11200-009-0015-9     Document Type: Article

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