Verification of GCM-generated regional seasonal precipitation for current climate and of statistical downscaling estimates under changing climate conditions

Journal of Climate

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 258-272

  Busuioc, Aristita ^a   Von Storch, Hans ^b   Schnur, Reiner ^b  

^a National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology   (Romania)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORRELATION METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CANONICAL CORRELATION ANALYSIS (CCA); GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL (GCM); SEA LEVEL PRESSURE (SLP);

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DOWNSCALING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MODEL VALIDATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONALITY;

EID: 0033048866     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442-12.1.258     Document Type: Article

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