High-resolution climate change simulations for the Jordan River area

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 16, 2011, Pages

  Smiatek, G ^a   Kunstmann, H ^a   Heckl, A ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RIVERS;

ANNUAL MEAN PRECIPITATION; ANNUAL MEAN TEMPERATURES; ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; BOUNDARY DATA; CLIMATE CHANGE SIMULATIONS; COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; DYNAMIC DOWNSCALING; EMISSION SCENARIO; FUTURE CLIMATE; GLOBAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HEAT WAVES; HIGH RESOLUTION; INTERANNUAL; JORDAN RIVER; MEAN PRECIPITATION; MEAN TEMPERATURE; PRECIPITATION EVENTS; PRECIPITATION PATTERNS; PRECIPITATION VARIABILITY; SEASONALITY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; WATER AVAILABILITY; WET-DAY FREQUENCY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE MODELING; DOWNSCALING; EMISSION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIVER BASIN; SEASONALITY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

JORDAN RIVER;

EID: 80052314271     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD015313     Document Type: Article

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