A robust framework for probabilistic precipitations downscaling from an ensemble of climate predictions applied to Switzerland

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Beuchat, X ^a   Schaefli, B ^a   Soutter, M ^a   Mermoud, A ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; RAIN; VISUALIZATION;

ATMOSPHERIC VARIABLES; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CLIMATE SIMULATION; CLIMATE VARIABLES; CROSS VALIDATION; DAILY RAINFALL; DOWN-SCALING; DOWNSCALING METHODS; DYNAMICAL MODEL; EXTREME EVENTS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GENERALIZED LINEAR MODEL; HIGHLY NONLINEAR; HYDROLOGICAL IMPACTS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; PHYSICALLY BASED; PROBABILISTIC METHODOLOGY; RAINFALL STATISTICS; STATE-OF-THE-ART METHODS; STATIONARITY; STATISTICAL RELATIONSHIP; SWITZERLAND; VISUALIZATION METHOD;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; DOWNSCALING; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; MODEL VALIDATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PROBABILITY; RAINFALL; VISUALIZATION;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84857074068     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016449     Document Type: Review

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