Statistical downscaling of sea-surface wind over the Peru-Chile upwelling region: Diagnosing the impact of climate change from the IPSL-CM4 model

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1365-1378

  Goubanova, K ^a,c   Echevin, V ^b   Dewitte, B ^a,c,e   Codron, F ^d   Takahashi, K ^e   Terray, P ^b   Vrac, M ^f  

^a CNES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^c INSTITUTO DEL MAR DEL PERÚ   (Peru)

^d LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^e INSTITUTO GEOFÍSICO DEL PERÚ   (Peru)

^f LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Chile; Climate change; Coastal wind; Peru; Statistical downscaling; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DOWNSCALING; ERS-1; GLOBAL WARMING; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; QUIKSCAT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UPWELLING; WEATHER FORECASTING; ZONAL WIND;

CHILE; PERU;

EID: 79953720624     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-010-0824-0     Document Type: Article

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