Downscaling heavy precipitation over the United Kingdom: A comparison of dynamical and statistical methods and their future scenarios

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1397-1415

  Haylock, Malcolm R ^a   Cawley, Gavin C ^a   Harpham, Colin ^a   Wilby, Rob L ^b   Goodess, Clare M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change scenarios; Downscaling; Extremes; Precipitation; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; NEURAL NETWORKS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CLIMATE-CHANGE PROJECTIONS; DOWNSCALING MODELS; INTER-ANNUAL VARIABILITY;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; DOWNSCALING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33746907039     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1318     Document Type: Article

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