A Bayesian normal homogeneity test for the detection of artificial discontinuities in climatic series

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 30, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 2342-2357

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

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bayesian technique; Changepoint; Climatic series; Exponential family; Homogenisation; Metadata; Normal distribution

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN TECHNIQUES; CHANGEPOINT; CLIMATIC SERIES; EXPONENTIAL FAMILY; HOMOGENISATION;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; METADATA; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PROBABILITY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

STATISTICAL TESTS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DETECTION METHOD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PROBABILITY; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; QUEBEC [QUEBEC (PRV)];

EID: 78649621138     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.2056     Document Type: Article

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