Statistical downscaling of the French Mediterranean climate: Assessment for present and projection in an anthropogenic scenario

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 651-670

  Lavaysse, C ^a   Vrac, M ^b   Drobinski, P ^a   Lengaigne, M ^c   Vischel, T ^d  

^a LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^d LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; DOWNSCALING; EXTREME EVENT; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GLOBAL WARMING; HUMAN ACTIVITY; RAINFALL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WIND VELOCITY;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84858726463     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-12-651-2012     Document Type: Article

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