Detecting hydro-climatic change using spatiotemporal analysis of rainfall time series in Western Algeria

Natural Hazards

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1293-1311

  Hamlaoui Moulai, Leila ^a   Mesbah, Mohammed ^a   Souag Gamane, Doudja ^a   Medjerab, Abderrahmane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY HOUARI BOUMEDIENE   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Cartography; Rainfall series; Spectra analysis; Statistics; West Algeria

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES; TREND ANALYSIS;

ALGERIA;

EID: 84871929869     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-012-0411-2     Document Type: Article

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