Testing homogeneity, stationarity and trend in climatic series at Udaipur - a case study

Journal of Agrometeorology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 127-135

  MacHiwal, Deepesh ^a   Sharma, Arun ^a  

^a Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology   (India)

Author keywords

Climatic time series; Homogeneity; Stationarity; Trend

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951046709     PISSN: 09721665     EISSN: 25832980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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