Downscaling large-scale circulation to local winter rainfall in North-Eastern Mexico

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1069-1082

  Cavazos, Tereza ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Downscaling; El MI O; Neural nets; North Eastern Mexico; Southern Texas; Winter rainfall

Indexed keywords

RAINFALL;

MEXICO; USA, TEXAS;

EID: 0031396070     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0088(199708)17:10<1069::aid-joc183>3.0.co;2-i     Document Type: Article

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