Probabilistic projections of climate change for the mid-Atlantic region of the United States: Validation of precipitation downscaling during the historical era

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 509-526

  Ning, Liang ^a   Mann, Michael E ^a   Crane, Robert ^a   Wagener, Thorsten ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Precipitation; Pressure; Statistical techniques

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC VARIABLES; CIRCULATION PATTERNS; COUPLED MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT; DATA SETS; DOWN-SCALING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL SIMULATIONS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HISTORICAL ANALYSIS; METEOROLOGICAL VARIABLES; MODEL SIMULATION; NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTIONS; PENNSYLVANIA; POINT PRECIPITATION; PRECIPITATION DATA; PRECIPITATION DISTRIBUTION; PROBABILISTIC PROJECTIONS; RAINY DAYS; REANALYSIS; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; STANDARD DEVIATION; STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA; STATISTICAL DOWNSCALING; STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES; TEMPORAL CHARACTERISTICS; TIME-SCALES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMAL MAPPING; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); PRESSURE; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RAIN; SEA LEVEL;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOWNSCALING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PROBABILITY; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE;

PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856952281     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011JCLI4091.1     Document Type: Article

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