Intercomparison of homogenization techniques for precipitation data continued: Comparison of two recent Bayesian change point models

Water Resources Research

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Beaulieu, Claudie ^a   Seidou, Ousmane ^c   Ouarda, Taha B M J ^b   Zhang, Xuebin ^d  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; BAYESIAN; BAYESIAN METHODS; BAYESIAN-CHANGE POINT MODEL; BEFORE AND AFTER; CHANGE POINT DETECTION; CHANGE-POINTS; DATA SERIES; DATA SETS; DIFFERENT DISTRIBUTIONS; FALSE DETECTIONS; HOMOGENIZATION TECHNIQUES; INHOMOGENEITIES; INTERCOMPARISONS; MEASUREMENT CONDITIONS; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSIONS; PRECIPITATION DATA; QUEBEC , CANADA; SIMULATED DATA; TIME POINTS;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; HOMOGENIZATION METHOD; METADATA;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ANNUAL REVIEW; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; HOMOGENEOUS MEDIUM; INHOMOGENEITY; LINEARITY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REAL TIME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 70349775668     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008WR007501     Document Type: Article

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