Non-linear statistical downscaling of present and LGM precipitation and temperatures over Europe

Climate of the Past

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 669-682

  Vrac, M ^a   Marbaix, P ^b   Paillard, D ^a   Naveau, P ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DOWNSCALING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRANSFER FUNCTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN EUROPE;

EQUUS ASINUS;

EID: 39449139434     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-3-669-2007     Document Type: Article

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