To cite the climatestatsr package in publications, please use:

Islam S (2026). climatestatsr: Statistical Tools for Climate Change Analysis. R package version 0.1.0.

Mann H (1945). “Nonparametric tests against trend.” Econometrica, 13(3), 245–259. doi:10.2307/1907187.

Sen P (1968). “Estimates of the regression coefficient based on Kendall's tau.” Journal of the American Statistical Association, 63(324), 1379–1389. doi:10.2307/2285891.

Pettitt A (1979). “A nonparametric approach to the change-point problem.” Applied Statistics, 28(2), 126–135. doi:10.2307/2346729.

Alexandersson H (1986). “A homogeneity test applied to precipitation data.” International Journal of Climatology, 6(6), 661–675. doi:10.1002/joc.3370060607.

Yue S, Wang C (2002). “Applicability of prewhitening to eliminate the influence of serial correlation on the Mann-Kendall test.” Water Resources Research, 38(6), 4-1–4-7. doi:10.1029/2001WR000861.

Moran P (1950). “Notes on continuous stochastic phenomena.” Biometrika, 37(1), 17–23. doi:10.2307/2332142.

Getis A, Ord J (1992). “The analysis of spatial association by use of distance statistics.” Geographical Analysis, 24(3), 189–206. doi:10.1111/j.1538-4632.1992.tb00261.x.

Coles S (2001). An Introduction to Statistical Modeling of Extreme Values. Springer-Verlag, London. doi:10.1007/978-1-4471-3675-0.

Davison A, Smith R (1990). “Models for exceedances over high thresholds.” Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series B, 52(3), 393–442. doi:10.1111/j.2517-6161.1990.tb01796.x.

Hill B (1975). “A simple general approach to inference about the tail of a distribution.” Annals of Statistics, 3(5), 1163–1174. doi:10.1214/aos/1176343247.

McKee T, Doesken N, Kleist J (1993). “The relationship of drought frequency and duration to time scales.” In Proceedings of the 8th Conference on Applied Climatology, 179–184.

Vicente-Serrano S, Begueria S, Lopez-Moreno J (2010). “A Multiscalar Drought Index Sensitive to Global Warming: The Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index.” Journal of Climate, 23(7), 1696–1718. doi:10.1175/2009JCLI2909.1.

Benjamini Y, Hochberg Y (1995). “Controlling the false discovery rate: a practical and powerful approach to multiple testing.” Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series B, 57(1), 289–300. doi:10.1111/j.2517-6161.1995.tb02031.x.

Allen M, Tett S (1999). “Checking for model consistency in optimal fingerprinting.” Climate Dynamics, 15(6), 419–434. doi:10.1007/s003820050291.

Thornthwaite C (1948). “An approach toward a rational classification of climate.” Geographical Review, 38(1), 55–94. doi:10.2307/210739.

Steadman R (1979). “The assessment of sultriness. Part I: A temperature-humidity index based on human physiology and clothing science.” Journal of Applied Meteorology, 18(7), 861–873. doi:10.1175/1520-0450(1979)018<0861:TAOSPI>2.0.CO;2.

von Storch H, Zwiers F (1999). Statistical Analysis in Climate Research. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. doi:10.1017/CBO9780511612336.

Hegerl G, Zwiers F (2011). “Use of models in detection and attribution of climate change.” Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change, 2(4), 570–591. doi:10.1002/wcc.121.

The following key references underpin the methods implemented in this package:

Corresponding BibTeX entries:

  @Manual{,
    title = {{climatestatsr}: Statistical Tools for Climate Change
      Analysis},
    author = {Sadikul Islam},
    year = {2026},
    note = {R package version 0.1.0},
  }

  @Article{,
    title = {Nonparametric tests against trend},
    author = {Henry B. Mann},
    journal = {Econometrica},
    year = {1945},
    volume = {13},
    number = {3},
    pages = {245--259},
    doi = {10.2307/1907187},
  }

  @Article{,
    title = {Estimates of the regression coefficient based on
      {Kendall}'s tau},
    author = {Pranab K. Sen},
    journal = {Journal of the American Statistical Association},
    year = {1968},
    volume = {63},
    number = {324},
    pages = {1379--1389},
    doi = {10.2307/2285891},
  }

  @Article{,
    title = {A nonparametric approach to the change-point problem},
    author = {Anthony N. Pettitt},
    journal = {Applied Statistics},
    year = {1979},
    volume = {28},
    number = {2},
    pages = {126--135},
    doi = {10.2307/2346729},
  }

  @Article{,
    title = {A homogeneity test applied to precipitation data},
    author = {Hans Alexandersson},
    journal = {International Journal of Climatology},
    year = {1986},
    volume = {6},
    number = {6},
    pages = {661--675},
    doi = {10.1002/joc.3370060607},
  }

  @Article{,
    title = {Applicability of prewhitening to eliminate the influence
      of serial correlation on the {Mann-Kendall} test},
    author = {Sheng Yue and Chun Y. Wang},
    journal = {Water Resources Research},
    year = {2002},
    volume = {38},
    number = {6},
    pages = {4-1--4-7},
    doi = {10.1029/2001WR000861},
  }

  @Article{,
    title = {Notes on continuous stochastic phenomena},
    author = {Patrick A. P. Moran},
    journal = {Biometrika},
    year = {1950},
    volume = {37},
    number = {1},
    pages = {17--23},
    doi = {10.2307/2332142},
  }

  @Article{,
    title = {The analysis of spatial association by use of distance
      statistics},
    author = {Arthur Getis and J. Keith Ord},
    journal = {Geographical Analysis},
    year = {1992},
    volume = {24},
    number = {3},
    pages = {189--206},
    doi = {10.1111/j.1538-4632.1992.tb00261.x},
  }

  @Book{,
    title = {An Introduction to Statistical Modeling of Extreme
      Values},
    author = {Stuart Coles},
    year = {2001},
    publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
    address = {London},
    doi = {10.1007/978-1-4471-3675-0},
  }

  @Article{,
    title = {Models for exceedances over high thresholds},
    author = {Anthony C. Davison and Richard L. Smith},
    journal = {Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series B},
    year = {1990},
    volume = {52},
    number = {3},
    pages = {393--442},
    doi = {10.1111/j.2517-6161.1990.tb01796.x},
  }

  @Article{,
    title = {A simple general approach to inference about the tail of a
      distribution},
    author = {Bruce M. Hill},
    journal = {Annals of Statistics},
    year = {1975},
    volume = {3},
    number = {5},
    pages = {1163--1174},
    doi = {10.1214/aos/1176343247},
  }

  @InProceedings{,
    title = {The relationship of drought frequency and duration to time
      scales},
    author = {Thomas B. McKee and Nolan J. Doesken and John Kleist},
    booktitle = {Proceedings of the 8th Conference on Applied
      Climatology},
    year = {1993},
    pages = {179--184},
    publisher = {American Meteorological Society},
    address = {Anaheim, California},
  }

  @Article{,
    title = {A Multiscalar Drought Index Sensitive to Global Warming:
      The Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index},
    author = {Sergio M. Vicente-Serrano and Santiago Begueria and Juan
      I. Lopez-Moreno},
    journal = {Journal of Climate},
    year = {2010},
    volume = {23},
    number = {7},
    pages = {1696--1718},
    doi = {10.1175/2009JCLI2909.1},
  }

  @Article{,
    title = {Controlling the false discovery rate: a practical and
      powerful approach to multiple testing},
    author = {Yoav Benjamini and Yosef Hochberg},
    journal = {Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series B},
    year = {1995},
    volume = {57},
    number = {1},
    pages = {289--300},
    doi = {10.1111/j.2517-6161.1995.tb02031.x},
  }

  @Article{,
    title = {Checking for model consistency in optimal fingerprinting},
    author = {Myles R. Allen and Simon F. B. Tett},
    journal = {Climate Dynamics},
    year = {1999},
    volume = {15},
    number = {6},
    pages = {419--434},
    doi = {10.1007/s003820050291},
  }

  @Article{,
    title = {An approach toward a rational classification of climate},
    author = {Charles W. Thornthwaite},
    journal = {Geographical Review},
    year = {1948},
    volume = {38},
    number = {1},
    pages = {55--94},
    doi = {10.2307/210739},
  }

  @Article{,
    title = {The assessment of sultriness. Part I: A
      temperature-humidity index based on human physiology and clothing
      science},
    author = {Robert G. Steadman},
    journal = {Journal of Applied Meteorology},
    year = {1979},
    volume = {18},
    number = {7},
    pages = {861--873},
    doi = {10.1175/1520-0450(1979)018<0861:TAOSPI>2.0.CO;2},
  }

  @Book{,
    title = {Statistical Analysis in Climate Research},
    author = {Hans {von Storch} and Francis W. Zwiers},
    year = {1999},
    publisher = {Cambridge University Press},
    address = {Cambridge},
    doi = {10.1017/CBO9780511612336},
  }

  @Article{,
    title = {Use of models in detection and attribution of climate
      change},
    author = {Gabriele C. Hegerl and Francis Zwiers},
    journal = {Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change},
    year = {2011},
    volume = {2},
    number = {4},
    pages = {570--591},
    doi = {10.1002/wcc.121},
  }