Weighted frequency distributions express modelling uncertainties in the ENSEMBLES regional climate experiments

Climate Research

Volumn 44, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 195-209

  Deque M ^a   Somot, S ^a  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Ensemble; Frequency distribution; Precipitation; Scenario; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BUDAPEST; CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS; ENSEMBLE; FINITE SAMPLING; FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; INDIVIDUAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION; RANDOM WEIGHT; RANDOM YIELD; REANALYSIS; REGIONAL CLIMATE; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; SCENARIO; SUMMER TEMPERATURE; TIME-SCALES;

CLIMATE MODELS; SCALES (WEIGHING INSTRUMENTS);

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE MODELING; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; REGIONAL CLIMATE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TIMESCALE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 78650403193     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: 16161572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr00866     Document Type: Article

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