Trend and change point detection of precipitation in urbanizing districts of Uttarakhand in India

Indian Journal of Science and Technology

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1573-1582

  Pranuthi, G ^a   Dubey, S K ^a   Tripathi, S K ^a   Chandniha, S K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Change point; Mann kendall trend; Rainfall; Uttarakhand; Worsely likelihood test

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908869594     PISSN: 09746846     EISSN: 09745645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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