Use of conditional stochastic models to generate climate change scenarios

Climatic Change

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 237-255

  Katz, Richard W ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; RICHARDSON'S MODEL; STATISTICAL CHARACTERISTICS; WEATHER MODEL;

EID: 0029668198     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00142464     Document Type: Article

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