Uncertainty assessment of future hydroclimatic predictions: A comparison of probabilistic and scenario-based approaches

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 261-281

  Koutsoyiannis, D ^a,b   Efstratiadis, A ^a   Georgakakos, K P ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b HYDROLOGIC RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CLIMATE VARIATION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOCHASTICITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 34347235875     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM576.1     Document Type: Article

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