Downscaling of current and future rainfall climatologies for southern Morocco. Part I: Downscaling method and current climatology

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 27, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 1763-1774

  Huebener, H ^a   Kerschgens, M ^b,c  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

North Africa; Precipitation; Statistical dynamical downscaling Circulation Weather Types

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; RAIN; SEA LEVEL; STATISTICAL METHODS; WIND;

DYNAMICAL DOWNSCALING; STATISTICAL DOWNSCALING;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATOLOGY; DOWNSCALING; RAINFALL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

AFRICA; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 36248967688     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1491     Document Type: Article

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