Statistical downscaling of precipitation and temperature in north-central Chile: An assessment of possible climate change impacts in an arid Andean watershed;Régionalisation statistique des températures et des précipitations dans le centre-nord du Chili: Une évaluation des impacts possibles du changement climatique dans un bassin Andin aride

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 41-57

  Souvignet, Maxime ^a,b   Gaese, Hartmut ^a   Ribbe, Lars ^a   Kretschmer, Nicole ^c   Oyarzún, Ricardo ^c  

^a TH Köln University of Applied Sciences   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOLOGÍA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Arid mountainous watershed; Chile; Climate change; Elqui Valley; Impacts study; Precipitation; SDSM; Statistical downscaling; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ARID MOUNTAINOUS WATERSHED; CHILE; ELQUI VALLEY; IMPACTS STUDY; PRECIPITATION; SDSM; STATISTICAL DOWNSCALING;

CLIMATE MODELS; LANDFORMS; WATERSHEDS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOWNSCALING; LINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TREND ANALYSIS; WATERSHED;

CHILE; COQUIMBO; ELQUI VALLEY;

EID: 78149484820     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: 21503435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02626660903526045     Document Type: Article

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