The Application of WGEN to Simulate Daily Climatic Data for Several Canadian Stations

Canadian Water Resources Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 59-72

  Zhang, Qing ^a   Singh, Bhawan ^a   Gagnon, Sébastien ^a   Rousselle, Jean ^b   Evora, Noël ^b   Weyman, Steven ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c HYDRO QUÉBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SOLAR RADIATION; WATER RESOURCES;

CLIMATE STATIONS; MINIMUM AIR TEMPERATURE; WATER ENGINEERING;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 2542435282     PISSN: 07011784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4296/cwrj59     Document Type: Article

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