Simulated changes due to global warming in the variability of precipitation, and their interpretation using a gamma-distributed stochastic model

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1368-1381

  Watterson, Ian G ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Downscaling climate change; Rainfall modelling

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLOBAL WARMING; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN;

DOWNSCALING CLIMATE CHANGE; GAMMA DISTRIBUTED STOCHASTIC MODEL; RAINFALL MODELLING;

CLIMATOLOGY;

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

EID: 27744463061     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2004.11.016     Document Type: Article

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