Introduction to Climate Change Scenario Derived by Statistical Downscaling

Journal of Agricultural Meteorology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 131-143

  Iizumi, Toshichika ^a   Nishimori, Motoki ^a   Ishigooka, Yasushi ^a   Yokozawa, Masayuki ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bias correction; Climate change scenario; Climate model output; Statistical downscaling

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751540613     PISSN: 00218588     EISSN: 18810136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2480/agrmet.66.2.5     Document Type: Article

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