Measurement of GCM skill in predicting variables relevant for hydroclimatological assessments

Journal of Climate

Volumn 22, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 4373-4382

  Johnson, Fiona ^a   Sharma, Ashish ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CLIMATIC REGIONS; COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; DECISION MAKERS; DESERT ZONES; EMISSION SCENARIO; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HYDROCLIMATIC VARIABLES; MODEL OUTPUTS; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; RELATIVE RANKINGS; SKILL SCORE; SPECIFIC HUMIDITY; STATISTICAL DOWNSCALING; SURFACE PRESSURES; SURFACE VARIABLES;

MOISTURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOWNSCALING; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; FUTURE PROSPECT; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HUMIDITY; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRESSURE GRADIENT; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; WEATHER FORECASTING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 69249124120     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JCLI2681.1     Document Type: Article

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