Statistical downscaling of climate scenarios over Scandinavia

Climate Research

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 255-268

  Hanssen Bauer, I ^a   Achberger, C ^b   Benestad, R E ^a   Chen, D ^b,c   Forland E J ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c China Meteorological Administration   (China)

Author keywords

Local climate scenarios; Precipitation; Scandinavia; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; DOWNSCALING; GLOBAL WARMING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TEMPERATURE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 27744462456     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr029255     Document Type: Review

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