Influence of climate model biases and daily-scale temperature and precipitation events on hydrological impacts assessment: A case study of the United States

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 14, 2010, Pages

  Ashfaq, Moetasim ^a,b,c   Bowling, Laura C ^d   Cherkauer, Keith ^e   Pal, Jeremy S ^f   Diffenbaugh, Noah S ^a,c,g  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Purdue University   (United States)

^f LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; WATER CONTENT;

ATMOSPHERIC WATER; BIAS CORRECTION; CLIMATE MODEL; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; HIGH RESOLUTION; HYDROLOGIC CHANGES; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLES; HYDROLOGICAL IMPACTS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; HYDROLOGICAL SIMULATIONS; HYDROLOGICAL VARIABLES; HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL VARIABLES; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; PRECIPITATION EVENTS; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TIMES SERIES; VARIABLE INFILTRATION CAPACITIES;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; EVAPORATION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SPATIAL RESOLUTION; WATER CONTENT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955376519     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD012965     Document Type: Article

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