Changepoint detection in climate time series with long-term trends

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 4994-5006

  Gallagher, Colin ^a   Lund, Robert ^a   Robbins, Michael ^b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC DISTRIBUTIONS; ASYMPTOTIC PROPERTIES; BREAKPOINT; CHANGE POINT DETECTION; CHANGE-POINT PROBLEM; CHANGE-POINTS; LONG-TERM TREND; MEAN SHIFT;

CLIMATE CONTROL; CLIMATOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

TIME SERIES;

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; LONG-TERM CHANGE; REGIONAL CLIMATE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; JACKSONVILLE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880657014     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00704.1     Document Type: Article

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