Changepoints in the North Atlantic tropical cyclone record

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 106, Issue 493, 2011, Pages 89-99

  Robbins, Michael W ^a   Lund, Robert B ^b   Gallagher, Colin M ^b   Lu, Qi Qi ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic hurricanes; Brownian bridge; Chi square statistics; Climate change; Cusum

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954533093     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/jasa.2011.ap10023     Document Type: Article

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