CGCM3 predictors used for daily temperature and precipitation downscaling in Southern Québec, Canada

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 107, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 389-406

  Jeong, Dae Il ^a   St Hilaire, A ^a   Ouarda, Taha B M J ^a   Gachon, Philippe ^b  

^a CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; DOWNSCALING; GLOBAL CLIMATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84856518897     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-011-0490-0     Document Type: Article

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