Statistical precipitation downscaling for small-scale hydrological impact investigations of climate change

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 402, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 193-205

  Willems, P ^a,b,c   Vrac, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

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

Author keywords

Climate change; Precipitation; Statistical downscaling; Urban drainage; Weather typing

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE MODEL SIMULATIONS; CLIMATE MODELLING; DIRECT USE; DOWN-SCALING; EXTREME PRECIPITATION; HYDROLOGICAL IMPACTS; PRECIPITATION; PRECIPITATION CHANGE; PRECIPITATION EXTREMES; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SEWER SURCHARGE; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; STATISTICAL DOWNSCALING; STATISTICAL PRECIPITATION; TEMPERATURE RISE; TIME-SCALES; URBAN DRAINAGE; URBAN DRAINAGE SYSTEMS; URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT; WEATHER TYPING;

CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAINAGE; PLANNING; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); STATISTICS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TIMESCALE; URBAN DRAINAGE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING; WEATHER STATION;

EID: 79955631899     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.02.030     Document Type: Article

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