Non-linearity in statistical downscaling: Does it bring an improvement for daily temperature in Europe?

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 465-477

  Huth, R ^a   Kliegrova S ^b   Metelka, L ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^b CZECH HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Classifications; Daily temperature; Europe; Neural networks; Non linearity; Statistical downscaling

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; LINEAR REGRESSION; NEURAL NETWORKS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

CROSS-VALIDATION FRAMEWORK; STATISTICAL DOWNSCALING;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WINTER;

EID: 41449104988     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1545     Document Type: Article

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