A comparison of statistical and model-based downscaling techniques for estimating local climate variations

Journal of Climate

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 735-753

  Kidson, John W ^a   Thompson, Craig S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; DOWNSCALING; FORECAST SKILL; GCM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0031870946     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1998)011<0735:ACOSAM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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