The analog method as a simple statistical downscaling technique: Comparison with more complicated methods

Journal of Climate

Volumn 12, Issue 8 PART 2, 1999, Pages 2474-2489

  Zorita, Eduardo ^a   Von Storch, Hans ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; DOWNSCALING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL;

PORTUGAL; SPAIN;

EID: 0033172665     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1999)012<2474:tamaas>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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