Downscaling of GCM forecasts to streamflow over Scandinavia

Hydrology Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-26

  Nilsson, Patrik ^a   Uvo, Cintia B ^a   Landman, Willem A ^b,d   Nguyen, Tinh D ^c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE   (South Africa)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Downscaling; Forecasting; General circulation model; Model output statistic; Neural networks

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORECASTING; NEURAL NETWORKS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PROBABILITY; SPRINGS (WATER); STATISTICS; WIND;

GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MODEL OUTPUT STATISTICS; SEASONAL FORECASTING TECHNIQUE;

STREAM FLOW;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; DOWNSCALING; FLOW MODELING; FORECASTING METHOD; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MOISTURE; STREAMFLOW;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 41949134010     PISSN: 00291277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/nh.2008.027     Document Type: Article

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