Testing statistical downscaling methods in simulated climates

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 19, 2006, Pages

  Frias M D ^a   Zorita, E ^b   Fernandez J ^b   Rodriguez Puebla C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SEA LEVEL; STATISTICAL TESTS;

COUPLED CLIMATE MODEL SIMULATION; DOWNSCALING; PENINSULAS; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE (SLP); SIMULATED CLIMATE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE MODELING; CORRELATION; DOWNSCALING; GEOPOTENTIAL; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RELATIVE HUMIDITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 34047222723     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027453     Document Type: Article

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