Dynamical and statistical downscaling of precipitation and temperature in a Mediterranean area

Italian Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-12

  Pizzigalli, Claudia ^a,b   Palatella, Luigi ^a,b   Zampieri, Matteo ^b,c   Lionello, Piero ^a,d   Miglietta, Mario M ^b   Paradisi, Paolo ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d CENTRO EURO MEDITERRANEO SUI CAMBIAMENTI CLIMATICI   (Italy)

^e ISTI CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Capitanata plane; Climate change; Downscaling techniques; References

Indexed keywords

AGROMETEOROLOGY; CLIMATE MODELING; DOWNSCALING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GROWTH; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

FOGGIA; ITALY; PUGLIA;

EID: 84859114275     PISSN: 11254718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/ija.2012.e2     Document Type: Article

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