Nonstationary probabilistic downscaling of extreme precipitation

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Kallache, M ^a,b   Vrac, M ^b   Naveau, P ^b   Michelangeli, P A ^a  

^a CLIMPACT ^*  (France)

^b CEA SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ATMOSPHERIC VARIABLES; CONFIDENCE BANDS; CONTINUOUS RANKED PROBABILITY SCORES; COVARIATES; CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION; DOWN-SCALING; DOWNSCALING METHODS; EXPLANATORY VARIABLES; EXTREME PRECIPITATION; EXTREME VALUE DISTRIBUTIONS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GENERALIZED PARETO DISTRIBUTION; INPUT SERIES; LOCAL IMPACTS; NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTIONS; NON-PARAMETRIC; NON-STATIONARY MODEL; NONSTATIONARY; PROJECTION PERIOD; QUANTILE-QUANTILE PLOT; REANALYSIS; RETURN LEVEL; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STATISTICAL CHARACTERISTICS; VALIDATION PERIODS;

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CALIBRATION; DATA SET; DOWNSCALING; EXTREME EVENT; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PROBABILITY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TRANSFER FUNCTION;

FRANCE;

EID: 79952750300     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD014892     Document Type: Article

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