Downscaling precipitation extremes

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-21

  Benestad, Rasmus E ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOWNSCALING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

NORWAY; OSLO [NORWAY];

EID: 77149155350     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-009-0158-1     Document Type: Article

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