Downscaling experiment for the Venice lagoon. I. Validation of the present-day precipitation climatology

Climate Research

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 31-41

  Salon, S ^a   Cossarini, G ^a   Libralato, S ^a   Gao, X ^b,c   Solidoro, C ^a   Giorgi, F ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

^b ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^c China Meteorological Administration   (China)

Author keywords

Downscaling; Model validation; Regional climate model; Venice lagoon

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL MEAN; BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; CLIMATOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS; DOWNSCALING; DRAINAGE BASIN; FUTURE CLIMATE; HIGH RESOLUTION; IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; MODEL VALIDATION; NEAR SURFACE TEMPERATURE; OUTPUT DATA; PRECIPITATION CLIMATOLOGY; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODEL; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; SIMULATED DATA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VENICE LAGOON;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CATCHMENTS; LAKES; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; DOWNSCALING; DRAINAGE BASIN; MODEL VALIDATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VENETO; VENEZIA [VENETO]; VENICE LAGOON;

EID: 67549088160     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: 16161572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr00757     Document Type: Article

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