Regional, seasonal and predictor-optimized downscaling to provide groups of local scale scenarios in the complex structured terrain of Austria

Meteorologische Zeitschrift

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 31-47

  Matulla, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

AIR TEMPERATURE; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPLEX TERRAIN; DOWNSCALING; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 33646040418     PISSN: 09412948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0941-2948/2005/0014-0031     Document Type: Article

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