Merged statistical analyses of historical monthly precipitation anomalies beginning 1900

Journal of Climate

Volumn 23, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 5755-5770

  Smith, Thomas M ^a   Arkin, Phillip A ^a   Sapiano, Mathew R P ^a,c   Chang, Ching Yee ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Annual variations; Precipitation; Satellite observations; Sea surface temperature; Statistical techniques

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATIONS; PRECIPITATION; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES;

CLIMATE MODELS; GAGES; SATELLITES; SEA LEVEL; STATISTICAL METHODS; SUPERALLOYS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; HISTORICAL RECORD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RECONSTRUCTION; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 78649264674     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JCLI3530.1     Document Type: Article

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