A semiempirical downscaling approach for predicting regional temperature impacts associated with climatic change

Journal of Climate

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 103-114

  Sailor, David J ^a   Li, Xiangshang ^a  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL (GCM); SEASONAL DOWNSCALING MODELS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DOWNSCALING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PREDICTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 0032982116     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442-12.1.103     Document Type: Article

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