Development of daily precipitation projections for the United States based on probabilistic downscaling

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 13, 2010, Pages

  Schoof, J T ^a   Pryor, S C ^b   Surprenant, J ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; MARKOV PROCESSES; OCEANOGRAPHY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

COLD SEASON; COUPLED ATMOSPHERE OCEAN GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; DOWN-SCALING; FIRST-ORDER; MARKOV CHAIN; NORTHEAST REGIONS; PARAMETER GAMMA DISTRIBUTION; PRECIPITATION CLIMATOLOGY; PRECIPITATION EVENTS; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SEASONAL PRECIPITATIONS; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; TOTAL PRECIPITATION; WARM SEASONS;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

DOWNSCALING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PROBABILITY; SEASONALITY; STATISTICAL APPLICATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956029652     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD013030     Document Type: Article

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