Development of daily rainfall scenarios for southeast Spain using a circulation-type approach to downscaling

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1051-1083

  Goodess, Clare M ^a   Palutikof, Jean P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING METHOD; PRECIPITABLE WATER; RAINFALL;

SPAIN;

EID: 0032413136     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0088(199808)18:10<1051::AID-JOC304>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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