Downscaling regional climate model estimates of daily precipitation, temperature and solar radiation data

Climate Research

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 181-202

  Rivington, M ^a   Miller, D ^a   Matthews, K B ^a   Russell, G ^b   Bellocchi, G ^c   Buchan, K ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c Azienda Agraria Abbadia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Downscaling; Evaluation; Precipitation; RCM; Solar radiation; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SOLAR RADIATION; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; DOWNSCALING; HINDCASTING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOLAR RADIATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 44249122663     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr00705     Document Type: Article

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