A comparison of different regional climate models and statistical downscaling methods for extreme rainfall estimation under climate change

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 103, Issue , 2012, Pages 119-128

  Sunyer, M A ^a   Madsen, H ^a   Ang, P H ^a  

^a DHI   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Climate change; Downscaling; Extreme rainfall; Weather generators

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECTIONS; COPENHAGEN; DOWN-SCALING; DOWNSCALING CLIMATE CHANGE; DOWNSCALING METHODS; EXTREME EVENTS; EXTREME PRECIPITATION; EXTREME RAINFALL; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION TIME SERIES; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; STANDARD DEVIATION; STATISTICAL DOWNSCALING; WEATHER GENERATOR;

CLIMATE MODELS; RAIN; STATISTICAL METHODS; TIME SERIES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DOWNSCALING; ESTIMATION METHOD; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 82755193708     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2011.06.011     Document Type: Article

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