Temporal characteristics and variability of point rainfall: A statistical and wavelet analysis

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 458-473

  Beecham, S ^a   Chowdhury, R K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Point rainfall; Statistical analysis; Temporal variability; Wavelet power spectrum

Indexed keywords

DATA SETS; DOMINANT FREQUENCY; HIGH RESOLUTION; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; MANN-KENDALL; MELBOURNE , AUSTRALIA; Q-TESTS; RAINFALL CHARACTERISTICS; RAINFALL DEPTHS; RAINFALL INTENSITY; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MOMENTS; TEMPORAL CHARACTERISTICS; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; TEMPORAL SCALE; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT; WAVELET POWER SPECTRA;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; POWER SPECTRUM; STATISTICAL METHODS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AUTOCORRELATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA SET; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TREND ANALYSIS; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA; MELBOURNE; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 76849104627     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1901     Document Type: Article

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