On meteorological droughts in tropical Pacific Islands: Time-series analysis of observed rainfall using Fiji as a case study

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 171-180

  Deo, Ravinesh C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Droughts in Fiji; Rainfall trends; Return periods; Standardized precipitation index

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; RAIN; STREAM FLOW; TROPICS;

MANN-KENDALL TEST; METEOROLOGICAL DROUGHT; MONTHLY RAINFALLS; RAINFALL DEFICIENCY; RAINFALL TRENDS; RETURN PERIODS; SIGNIFICANCE LEVELS; STANDARDIZED PRECIPITATION INDEX;

TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

DROUGHT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; RETURN PERIOD; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS;

FIJI; PACIFIC ISLANDS;

EID: 79956298118     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: 14698080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/met.216     Document Type: Article

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