Extreme precipitation vulnerability in the Upper Thames River basin: Uncertainty in climate model projections

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 31, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 2350-2364

  Solaiman, Tarana A ^a   King, Leanna M ^a   Simonovic, Slobodan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate vulnerability; Extreme precipitation; Global circulation models; Principal component analysis; Uncertainty; Weather generator

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VULNERABILITY; EXTREME PRECIPITATION; GLOBAL CIRCULATION MODEL; UNCERTAINTY; WEATHER GENERATOR;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER RESOURCES;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; EXTREME EVENT; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ENGLAND; THAMES BASIN; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 82355169328     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.2244     Document Type: Article

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