Statistical downscaling of daily temperatures in the NW Iberian Peninsula from global climate models: Validation and future scenarios

Climate Research

Volumn 48, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 163-176

  Brands, S ^a,b   Taboada, J J ^b   Cofino A S ^c   Sauter, T ^d   Schneider, C ^d  

^a INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA DE CANTABRIA CSIC UC   (Spain)

^b MeteoGalicia   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^d RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Air temperature; Climate projections; Extreme events; GCM; Global climate models; Iberian Peninsula; Multi model; Statistical downscaling; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE PROJECTION; EXTREME EVENTS; GCM; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; IBERIAN PENINSULA; MULTI-MODEL; STATISTICAL DOWNSCALING; UNCERTAINTY;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONTROL; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; OPTIMIZATION; SEA LEVEL;

CLIMATE MODELS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; DIURNAL VARIATION; DOWNSCALING; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; EXTREME EVENT; FUTURE PROSPECT; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GLOBAL CLIMATE; MODEL VALIDATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

IBERIAN PENINSULA;

EID: 80052458631     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: 16161572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr00906     Document Type: Article

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