Effects of spatial and temporal aggregation on the accuracy of statistically downscaled precipitation estimates in the upper Colorado River basin

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1192-1206

  Gangopadhyay, Subhrendu ^a   Clark, Martyn ^b   Werner, Kevin ^c   Brandon, David ^c   Rajagopalan, Balaji ^a  

^a University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; FORECASTING METHOD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIVER BASIN; WEATHER FORECASTING;

COLORADO BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 12144251134     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-391.1     Document Type: Article

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