Trend analysis using non-stationary time series clustering based on the finite element method

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 605-615

  Gorji Sefidmazgi, M ^a   Sayemuzzaman, M ^a   Homaifar, A ^a   Jha, M K ^b   Liess, S ^c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA A AND T STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; DETECTION METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84901416218     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: 16077946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-21-605-2014     Document Type: Article

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