High-resolution precipitation and temperature downscaling for glacier models

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 38, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 391-409

  Jarosch, Alexander H ^a   Anslow, Faron S ^a   Clarke, Garry K C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

British Columbia; Glacier modelling; High resolution downscaling; Precipitation; Temperature

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE MODELING; DOWNSCALING; GLACIER; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

EID: 84855256922     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-010-0949-1     Document Type: Article

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