Stochastic analyses of maximum daily rainfall series recorded at two stations across the Mediterranean Sea

Arabian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 3943-3958

  Haktanir, Tefaruk ^a   Bajabaa, Saleh ^a   Masoud, Milad ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Frequency analysis; Homogeneity; Independence; Maximum daily rainfall; Stationarity; Tests for trend

Indexed keywords

EXTREME EVENT; HISTOGRAM; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; PERIODICITY; RAINFALL; STOCHASTICITY; TREND ANALYSIS; VISUAL ANALYSIS;

ALEXANDRIA [EGYPT]; ANTALYA [TURKEY]; EGYPT; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TURKEY;

EID: 84884202443     PISSN: 18667511     EISSN: 18667538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12517-012-0652-0     Document Type: Article

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