Linking global circulation model outputs to regional geomorphic models: A case study of landslide activity in New Zealand

Climate Research

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 135-150

  Schmidt, Michael ^a   Glade, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate change impacts; Downscaling; GCM; Rainfall triggered landslides; Threshold models

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DOWNSCALING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; LANDSLIDE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0347765714     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr025135     Document Type: Article

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