Linear and nonlinear statistical downscaling for rainfall forecasting over southeastern Brazil

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 969-989

  Valverde Ramírez, María Cleofé ^a   Ferreira, Nelson Jesus ^a   de Campos Velho, Haroldo Fraga ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METEOROLOGY; NEURAL NETWORKS; RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AUSTRAL WINTER RAINFALL; RAINFALL FORECASTS; REGIONAL ETA MODEL; SOUTHEASTERN BRAZIL;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; DOWNSCALING; FORECASTING METHOD; RAINFALL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33846245546     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/WAF981.1     Document Type: Article

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