Comparison of the WGEN and LARS-WG stochastic weather generators for diverse climates

Climate Research

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 95-107

  Semenov, Mikhail A ^a   Brooks, Roger J ^a   Barrow, Elaine M ^b   Richardson, Clarence W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative study; Forecasting method; Modeling; Weather forecasting

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; FORECASTING METHOD; MODELING; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 0032516937     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr010095     Document Type: Article

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