Recalibration of general circulation model output to austral summer rainfall over southern Africa

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1407-1419

  Bartman, A G ^a   Landman, W A ^b   Rautenbach, C J De W ^b  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

GCM simulations; Geopotential heights; Model output statistics; Perfect prognosis; Rainfall; Recalibration; Seasonal rainfall simulations; Southern Africa

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN; WEATHER FORECASTING;

GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL (GCM);

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CALIBRATION; CLIMATE MODELING; FORECASTING METHOD; RAINFALL; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AFRICA;

EID: 0242350153     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.954     Document Type: Article

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