A hidden seasonal switching model for high-resolution breakpoint rainfall data

Water Resources Research

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Sansom, John ^a   Thomson, Peter ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b Statistics Research Associates   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAKPOINT; EM ALGORITHMS; HIDDEN SEMI-MARKOV MODELS; HIGH RESOLUTION; NEW ZEALAND; NON-HOMOGENEOUS; PRECIPITATION MECHANISM; RAINFALL DATA; RAINFALL MEASUREMENTS; RECURSIONS; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; SEASONALITY; STATE DYNAMICS; SWITCHING MODEL; THOMSON;

ALGORITHMS; MARKOV PROCESSES; RAIN;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MARKOV CHAIN; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; STOCHASTICITY;

INVERCARGILL; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHLAND;

EID: 77955579651     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009WR008602     Document Type: Article

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