Multivariate stochastic downscaling models for generating precipitation and temperature scenarios of climate change based on atmospheric circulation

Global Nest Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 263-272

  Panagoulia, D ^a   Bardossy, A ^b   Lourmas, G ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atmospheric circulation; Automated objective classification; Autoregressive model; Fuzzy rules; Global warming; Multivariate stochastic downscaling; Precipitation; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956450510     PISSN: 17907632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.30955/gnj.000512     Document Type: Article

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