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Monitoring a changing climatic series
Author(s) -
Craddock J. M.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
journal of climatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.58
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-0088
pISSN - 0196-1748
DOI - 10.1002/joc.3370010406
Subject(s) - series (stratigraphy) , character (mathematics) , state (computer science) , climatology , statistics , data series , mathematics , meteorology , environmental science , econometrics , geography , geology , algorithm , geometry , paleontology
Formulae are developed for finding statistics to describe the latest state of a climatic time series without assuming that the character of the series will remain unchanged with time. The choice of formulae is discussed, and reasons given for the parameter settings which make the operations specific. Applications of the technique are illustrated by the extracts from analyses of British records covering most of the years 1821 to 1980, six being of rainfall and two of temperature.