Verification of quantitative precipitation forecasts via stochastic downscaling

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1084-1094

  Brussolo, Elisa ^a   von Hardenberg, Jost ^b   Ferraris, Luca ^a,c   Rebora, Nicola ^a   Provenzale, Antonello ^b  

^a CIMA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOWNSCALING; NUMERICAL METHOD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINGAUGE; STOCHASTICITY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 58049119996     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JHM994.1     Document Type: Article

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