Testing MOS precipitation downscaling for ENSEMBLES regional climate models over Spain

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 18, 2011, Pages

  Turco, M ^a   Quintana Segui P ^b   Llasat, M C ^a   Herrera, S ^c   Gutierrez J M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CSIC URL Observatorio de Fisica Cosmica del Ebro OE   (Spain)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ANALOG METHODS; ANNUAL CYCLE; CHANGING CLIMATE; CLIMATIC REGIONS; CROSS VALIDATION; DATA SETS; DOWN-SCALING; MODEL OUTPUT STATISTICS; MODEL OUTPUTS; MODEL RELIABILITY; PERFECT PROGNOSIS; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; STATISTICAL DOWNSCALING;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ANNUAL CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; DATA SET; DOWNSCALING; EUROPEAN UNION; MODEL VALIDATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE;

SPAIN;

EID: 80053364762     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016166     Document Type: Article

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