Estimation of future precipitation change in the Yangtze River basin by using statistical downscaling method

Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 781-792

  Huang, Jin ^a   Zhang, Jinchi ^a   Zhang, Zengxin ^a   Xu, ChongYu ^b,d   Wang, Baoliang ^c   Yao, Jian ^a  

^a NANJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

China; Precipitation; SDSM; Statistical downscaling model; The Yangtze River basin

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL MEAN PRECIPITATION; ATMOSPHERIC VARIABLES; CHINA; CLIMATE VARIABLES; DOWN-SCALING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MEAN VALUES; NCEP/NCAR; PRECIPITATION CHANGE; PRECIPITATION DATA; REANALYSIS; RIVER BASINS; SDSM; SEASONAL PRECIPITATIONS; STATISTICAL DOWNSCALING; VALIDATION PERIODS; WEATHER STATIONS; YANGTZE RIVER BASIN;

CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; RAIN; RIVERS;

WATERSHEDS;

CALIBRATION; DOWNSCALING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TREND ANALYSIS;

CHINA; YANGTZE BASIN;

EID: 79959378995     PISSN: 14363240     EISSN: 14363259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00477-010-0441-9     Document Type: Article

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