Validation of simulated precipitation patterns over Ireland for the period 1961-2000

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 251-266

  Wang, Shiyu ^a,b   McGrath, Ray ^a   Semmler, Tido ^a   Sweeney, Conor ^a,b  

^a Irish Meteorological Service   (Ireland)

^b DUBLIN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Interannual variability; Ireland; Precipitation; Regional climate model; Rotated empirical orthogonal function; Seasonal cycle; Spatial pattern

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; IRELAND; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODEL; ROTATED EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

MODEL VALIDATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 32544439853     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1246     Document Type: Article

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