Stochastic versus dynamical downscaling of ensemble precipitation forecasts

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1051-1061

  Brussolo, Elisa ^a   Von Hardenberg, Jost ^b   Rebora, Nicola ^a  

^a CIMA Research Foundation   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; DOWNSCALING; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; FORECASTING METHOD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PROBABILITY; RAINGAUGE; STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 77952687816     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JHM1109.1     Document Type: Article

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