Combining outputs from the North American Regional Climate Change Assessment Program by using a Bayesian hierarchical model

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series C: Applied Statistics

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 291-313

  Kang, Emily L ^a   Cressie, Noel ^b   Sain, Stephan R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Downscaling; North American Regional Climate Change Assessment Program; Posterior distribution; Regional climate model; Spatial random effects model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858157918     PISSN: 00359254     EISSN: 14679876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9876.2011.01010.x     Document Type: Article

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