Seasonal and spatial variations of cross-correlation matrices used by stochastic weather generators

Climate Research

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 95-102

  Schoof, Justin T ^a   Robeson, Scott M ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoregressive parameters; Climate simulation; Climate variability; Stochastic weather generator

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 0141794678     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr024095     Document Type: Article

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