The added value of dynamical downscaling

MODSIM 2011 - 19th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation - Sustaining Our Future: Understanding and Living with Uncertainty

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 2747-2753

  Katzfey, J ^a   Chattopadhyay, M ^a   McGregor, J L ^a   Nguyen, K ^a   Thatcher, M ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dynamical downscaling; Ensemble predictions; Regional climate change

Indexed keywords

ADDED VALUES; ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; AVAILABLE WATER; BIAS CORRECTION; CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECTIONS; CLIMATE REGIONS; DOWN-SCALING; DYNAMICAL DOWNSCALING; EMISSIONS SCENARIOS; ENSEMBLE PREDICTION; FUTURE CLIMATE; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGHER RESOLUTION; IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; LOCAL PATTERNS; LOCAL TOPOGRAPHY; MAJOR PROJECT; MOUNTAIN RANGES; PACIFIC ISLANDS; REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGES; SCIENCE PROGRAMS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); TROPICAL PACIFIC OCEAN; VARIABLE RESOLUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE MODELS; TOPOGRAPHY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84858809627     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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