Robust assessment of future changes in extreme precipitation over the Rhine basin using a GCM

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1157-1166

  Kew, S F ^a   Selten, F M ^a   Lenderink, G ^a   Hazeleger, W ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE ESTIMATE; EXTREME PRECIPITATION; FUTURE CLIMATE; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; LARGE RIVERS; LONG TIME SERIES; RHINE BASIN; SCALING METHOD; SCENARIO SIMULATIONS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESTIMATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); TIME SERIES;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; EXTREME EVENT; FUTURE PROSPECT; GLOBAL CLIMATE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RIVER BASIN; RIVER DISCHARGE; TIME SERIES;

RHINE BASIN;

EID: 79954437774     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-15-1157-2011     Document Type: Article

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