Reconciling precipitation trends in Alaska: 1. Station-based analyses

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 7523-7541

  McAfee, Stephanie A ^a,b,f   Guentchev, Galina ^c,d   Eischeid, Jon K ^e  

^a Wilderness Society   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences NOAA ^*  (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; precipitation; trends

Indexed keywords

PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

ALASKA; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; LEAST ABSOLUTE DEVIATIONS; MANN-KENDALL TRENDS; ORDINARY LEAST SQUARES REGRESSIONS; PRECIPITATION TRENDS; TEMPORAL HOMOGENEITIES; TRENDS;

LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS;

AUTOCORRELATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; HETEROGENEITY; HOMOGENEITY; INSTRUMENTATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84882787708     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50572     Document Type: Article

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