Scale interactions and regional climate: Examples from the Susquehanna River Basin

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 147-158

  Crane, Robert G ^a   Yarnal, Brent ^a   Barron, Eric J ^a   Hewitson, Bruce ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial Neural Network analysis; Atmospheric modeling; Climate downscaling; Hydrologic modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542368482     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/20028091056782     Document Type: Conference Paper

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