Multifractal analysis of meteorological time series to assess climate impacts

Climate Research

Volumn 65, Issue , 2015, Pages 39-52

  Baranowski, Piotr ^a   Krzyszczak, Jaromir ^a   Slawinski, Cezary ^a   Hoffmann, Holger ^b   Kozyra, Jerzy ^c   Nieróbca, Anna ^c   Siwek, Krzysztof ^d   Gluza, Andrzej ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF AGROPHYSICS   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c STATE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^d MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Agro meteorological parameters; Multifractal analysis; Time series

Indexed keywords

AGROMETEOROLOGY; AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RELATIVE HUMIDITY; TIME SERIES;

FINLAND; GERMANY; POLAND; SPAIN;

EID: 84945539250     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: 16161572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr01321     Document Type: Article

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