Empirical downscaling of daily minimum air temperature at very fine resolutions in complex terrain

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 151, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1066-1073

  Holden, Zachary A ^a   Abatzoglou, John T ^b   Luce, Charles H ^c   Baggett, L Scott ^d  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^d ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cold air drainage; Downscaling; PCA; Reanalysis; Topoclimate

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; COLD AIR; COMPLEX TERRAIN; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DIURNAL VARIATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGIONAL CLIMATE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SOLAR RADIATION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; WEATHER FORECASTING;

BITTERROOT NATIONAL FOREST; MONTANA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79957457234     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2011.03.011     Document Type: Article

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