Canadian RCM projected changes to extreme precipitation characteristics over Canada

Journal of Climate

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2565-2584

  Mladjic, B ^a   Sushama, L ^a   Khaliq, M N ^b   Laprise, R ^a   Caya, D ^a,c   Roy, R ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c Ouranos ^*  (Canada)

^d HYDRO QUÉBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate Change; Climate models; Extreme events; Precipitation; Regional models

Indexed keywords

CHANGING CLIMATE; CLIMATIC REGIONS; CURRENT REFERENCE; DOWN-SCALING; EXTREME EVENTS; EXTREME PRECIPITATION; GRID CELLS; GRID-BOX; HYDROCLIMATIC; MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES; POSITIVE CHANGES; PRECIPITATION EXTREMES; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; REGIONAL FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; REGIONAL MODEL; REGIONAL SCALE; RETURN LEVEL; RETURN PERIODS; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SPECIAL REPORT ON EMISSIONS SCENARIOS; STATIONARITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); WATER RESOURCES;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; EXTREME EVENT; MODELING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE;

CANADA;

EID: 79958139005     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JCLI3937.1     Document Type: Article

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