Stochastic bias-correction of daily rainfall scenarios for hydrological applications

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2497-2509

  Portoghese, I ^a   Bruno, E ^a,b   Guyennon, N ^c   Iacobellis, V ^b  

^a WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

^c WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CLIMATE MODELING; DOWNSCALING; ERROR CORRECTION; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PREDICTION; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; STOCHASTICITY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 80053286090     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-11-2497-2011     Document Type: Article

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