Empirical downscaling of high-resolution regional precipitation from large-scale reanalysis fields

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 100-114

  Nicholas, Robert E ^a,b   Battisti, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hindcasts; Monsoons; Precipitation; Regional models; Statistical forecasting

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; CENTRAL EUROPE; CLIMATE REGIME; DOWN-SCALING; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; HINDCASTS; JIANGXI PROVINCE; MONSOONS; PRECIPITATION ANOMALIES; REANALYSIS; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; REGIONAL MODEL; STATISTICAL DOWNSCALING; STATISTICAL FORECASTING;

EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE MODELING; DOWNSCALING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HINDCASTING; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84856170090     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-11-04.1     Document Type: Article

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