Trends in precipitation and temperature in Florida, USA

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 452-453, Issue , 2012, Pages 259-281

  Martinez, Christopher J ^a   Maleski, Jerome J ^a   Miller, Martin F ^a  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Precipitation; Temperature; Trend

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC MEASUREMENTS; FLORIDA; FLORIDA , USA; INHOMOGENEITIES; MANN-KENDALL TEST; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; MEAN TEMPERATURE; MONTE CARLO; NON-PARAMETRIC; PERMUTATION PROCEDURES; SEASONAL PRECIPITATIONS; SPATIAL COHERENCE; SYSTEMATIC CHANGES; TEMPERATURE DATA; TEMPERATURE RANGE; TEMPERATURE TRENDS; TEMPERATURE VARIABLES; TIME-PERIODS; TREND;

CLIMATOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); TEMPERATURE;

RATING;

DATA SET; INHOMOGENEITY; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEASONALITY; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS; WEATHER STATION;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863103635     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.05.066     Document Type: Article

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