Accuracy evaluation of ClimGen weather generator and daily to hourly disaggregation methods in tropical conditions

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 106, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 321-341

  Safeeq, Mohammad ^a   Fares, Ali ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AIR TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; GEOSTATISTICS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; WATERSHED; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND VELOCITY;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 81155137858     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-011-0438-4     Document Type: Article

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