Regional climate model data used within the SWURVE project 2: Addressing uncertainty in regional climate model data for five European case study areas

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1085-1096

  Ekstrom M ^a   Hingray, B ^b   Mezghani, A ^b   Jones, P D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Europe; Rainfall; Regional climate model; Temperature; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PROBABILITY; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34248142304     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-11-1085-2007     Document Type: Article

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