Statistical downscaling of GCM simulations to streamflow

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 252, Issue 1-4, 2001, Pages 221-236

  Landman, Willem A ^a,c   Mason, Simon J ^b   Tyson, Peter D ^a   Tennant, Warren J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Canonical correlation analysis; Downscaling; General circulation model; Perfect prognosis; South Africa; Streamflow

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CATCHMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; DAMS; FORECASTING;

GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL (GCM);

STREAM FLOW;

DOWNSCALING; FORECASTING METHOD; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; STREAMFLOW;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0035980579     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(01)00457-7     Document Type: Article

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