Sensitivity of local daily temperature change estimates to the selection of downscaling models and predictors

Journal of Climate

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 640-652

  Huth, Radan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICS;

DAILY SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL PATTERNS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DOWNSCALING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 1642370777     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2004)017<0640:SOLDTC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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