Doubled CO2 precipitation changes for the Susquehanna basin: Down-scaling from the GENESIS general circulation model

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 65-76

  Crane, Robert G ^a   Hewitson, Bruce C ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Artificial neural nets; Down scaling; GENESIS climate model; GSFC GCM; NCAR GCM; Precipitation; Regional climate change; Susquehanna river basin; USA

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CARBON DIOXIDE DOUBLING; PRECIPITATION; RIVER BASIN;

USA, SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN;

EID: 0031944625     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0088(199801)18:1<65::AID-JOC222>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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