Assessing seasonal precipitation trends in India using parametric and non-parametric statistical techniques

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-11

  Pal, Indrani ^a   Al Tabbaa, Abir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS;

INDIA; KERALA;

EID: 79951552635     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-010-0277-8     Document Type: Article

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