Stationarity: Wanted dead or alive?

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 475-480

  Lins, Harry F ^a   Cohn, Timothy A ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hurst Kolmogorov phenomenon; Hypothesis testing; Long term persistence; Nonstationarity; Stationarity; Trend testing

Indexed keywords

HURST-KOLMOGOROV PHENOMENON; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LONG-TERM PERSISTENCE; NON-STATIONARITIES; STATIONARITY; TREND TESTING;

WATER MANAGEMENT;

STATISTICAL METHODS;

CLIMATE VARIATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LONG-TERM CHANGE; SAMPLING; TREND ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

EID: 79957944344     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: 17521688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2011.00542.x     Document Type: Article

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