Use of regional climate model output for hydrologic simulations

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 571-590

  Hay, L E ^a   Clark, M P ^b   Wilby, R L ^c   Gutowski, Jr ^d   Leavesley, G H ^a   Pan, Z ^d   Arritt, R W ^d   Takle, E S ^d  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; DOWNSCALING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TEMPERATURE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036825495     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1525-7541(2002)003<0571:UORCMO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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