Empirical-statistical downscaling of reanalysis data to high-resolution air temperature and specific humidity above a glacier surface (Cordillera Blanca, Peru)

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Hofer, Marlis ^a   Mölg, Thomas ^a   Marzeion, Ben ^a   Kaser, Georg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; ELECTROSTATIC DEVICES; ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; GLACIERS; MOISTURE; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ADDED VALUES; AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC DATA; CROSS VALIDATION; DIRECT USE; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION; GRID POINT VALUES; HIGH RESOLUTION; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; MODEL EVALUATION; MODEL SENSITIVITY; MODELING PROCEDURE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHES; NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTIONS; REANALYSIS; REFERENCE MODELS; SPECIFIC HUMIDITY; STATISTICAL DOWNSCALING; TIME OF DAY; TIME-SCALES; TROPICAL GLACIERS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; DOWNSCALING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GLACIER DYNAMICS; HUMIDITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES; TIMESCALE;

EID: 77954474475     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD012556     Document Type: Article

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