Seasonal streamflow forecast: A GCM multi-model downscaling approach

Hydrology Research

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 503-507

  Foster, Kean L ^a   Uvo, Cintia B ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Canonical correlation analysis; Climate predictability tool; Downscaling; General circulation model

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANONICAL CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CLIMATE PREDICTABILITY; DOWN-SCALING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; IMPROVED FORECAST; INDIVIDUAL MODELS; INTERANNUAL; MULTI-MODEL; MULTI-MODEL ENSEMBLE; PHYSICAL INTERPRETATION; PREDICTIVE INFORMATION; PREVAILING WINDS; RIVER BASINS; STATISTICAL LINKS; STREAMFLOW FORECAST; THREE MODELS; TIME-SCALES;

CLIMATOLOGY; STREAM FLOW; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; DATA SET; DOWNSCALING; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; MELTING; RIVER BASIN; SEASONALITY; STREAMFLOW; TIMESCALE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 78651062626     PISSN: 00291277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/nh.2010.143     Document Type: Article

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