The uncertainty of break positions detected by homogenization algorithms in climate records

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 576-589

  Lindau, Ralf ^a   Venema, Victor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Break position; Brownian motion with drift; Climate records; Hit rate; Homogenization; Two sided process

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; HOMOGENIZATION METHOD; TIME SERIES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BREAK POSITION; BROWNIAN MOTION WITH DRIFT; CLIMATE RECORD; ERROR PROBABILITIES; HIT RATE; INHOMOGENEITIES; MULTIPLE-BREAKPOINT; SEGMENTATION METHODS;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ALGORITHM; BROWNIAN MOTION; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84956834624     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.4366     Document Type: Article

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