Rainfall Trends in Southwest Western Australia

Statistical Methods for Trend Detection and Analysis in the Environmental Sciences

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 283-306

  Chandler, Richard E ^a   Bates, Bryson C ^b   Charles, Stephen P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Rainfall trends; Southwest Western Australia; Statistical models

Indexed keywords

HYDROLOGICAL DROUGHTS; IN CONTEXTS; PRECIPITATION TRENDS; QUALITY CHECKS; RAINFALL TRENDS; SOUTHWEST WESTERN AUSTRALIA; STUDY AREAS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

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EID: 78649938211     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781119991571.ch8     Document Type: Chapter

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