Use of stochastic weather generators for precipitation downscaling

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 898-907

  Wilks, Daniel S ^a  

^a Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; COARSE-RESOLUTION MODEL; DAILY VARIATIONS; DOWNSCALING METHODS; GENERATOR PARAMETERS; RANDOM ELEMENTS; STOCHASTIC WEATHER GENERATOR; WEATHER GENERATOR;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

EID: 79953787945     PISSN: 17577780     EISSN: 17577799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wcc.85     Document Type: Article

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