Statistical downscaling of monthly precipitation using NCEP/NCAR reanalysis data for tahtali river basin in Turkey

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 157-164

  Fistikoglu, Okan ^a   Okkan, Umut ^b  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BAYBURT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Statistical downscaling

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; ATMOSPHERIC PARAMETERS; ATMOSPHERIC VARIABLES; DATA SETS; DOWN-SCALING; GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT; METEOROLOGICAL VARIABLES; NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHES; NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTIONS; NCEP REANALYSIS; NCEP/NCAR; PREDICTOR VARIABLES; PRESSURE LEVEL; REANALYSIS; RIVER BASINS; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; STATISTICAL DOWNSCALING; STATISTICAL RELATIONSHIP; STUDY AREAS;

CLIMATOLOGY; NEURAL NETWORKS; SEA LEVEL; STATISTICS; WATERSHEDS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DOWNSCALING; GEOPOTENTIAL; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE PRESSURE; WATERSHED;

IZMIR [TURKEY]; TAHTALI BASIN; TURKEY;

EID: 78651485804     PISSN: 10840699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0000300     Document Type: Article

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