A note on the use of the standard normal homogeneity test to detect inhomogeneities in climatic time series

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 630-632

  Toreti, A ^a,b   Kuglitsch, F G ^a   Xoplaki, E ^a,c   Della Marta, P M ^d   Aguilar, E ^e   Prohom, M ^f   Luterbacher, J ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND RESEARCH ISPRA   (Italy)

^c CYPRUS INSTITUTE   (Cyprus)

^d FEDERAL OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY METEOSWISS   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^f Meteorological Service of Catalonia   (Spain)

^g JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Homogenization; SNHT; Temperature

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION SCHEME; CLIMATIC FACTORS; CRITICAL ISSUES; HOMOGENIZATION; HOMOGENIZATION PROCEDURE; INHOMOGENEITIES; INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS; SNHT; TEMPERATURE SERIES;

HOMOGENIZATION METHOD; TIME SERIES;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; CLIMATOLOGY; DETECTION METHOD; HOMOGENEITY; METHODOLOGY; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

EID: 79952301812     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.2088     Document Type: Article

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