The potential to narrow uncertainty in projections of regional precipitation change

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 407-418

  Hawkins, Ed ^a   Sutton, Rowan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Precipitation; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE PREDICTION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 79959592834     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-010-0810-6     Document Type: Article

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