Performance of NCEP-NCAR reanalysis variables in statistical downscaling of daily precipitation

Climate Research

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 95-107

  Cavazos, Tereza ^a   Hewitson, Bruce C ^b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks; Climate downscaling; Daily precipitation; Skill of predictors

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; DOWNSCALING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PREDICTION;

EID: 17444385257     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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