Downscaling large-scale NCEP CFS to resolve fine-scale seasonal precipitation and extremes for the crop growing seasons over the southeastern United States

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 449-471

  Lim, Young Kwon ^a   Cocke, Steven ^a   Shin, D W ^a   Schoof, Justin T ^b   LaRow, Timothy E ^a   O'Brien, James J ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Downscaling; Extremes; Precipitation; Prediction; Regional climate

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE PREDICTION; CLIMATE VARIATION; DOWNSCALING; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954954527     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-009-0671-z     Document Type: Article

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