A hierarchical Bayesian spatio-temporal model for extreme precipitation events

Environmetrics

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 192-204

  Ghosh, Souparno ^a   Mallick, Bani K ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Copula; Markov chain Monte Carlo; Spatio temporal

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DATA SET; MARKOV CHAIN; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79953146615     PISSN: 11804009     EISSN: 1099095X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/env.1043     Document Type: Article

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