Simulation of extreme precipitation indices in the Yangtze River basin by using statistical downscaling method (SDSM)

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 108, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 325-343

  Huang, Jin ^a   Zhang, Jinchi ^b   Zhang, Zengxin ^b   Sun, Shanlei ^a   Yao, Jian ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NANJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DOWNSCALING; EXTREME EVENT; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINGAUGE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TREND ANALYSIS;

CHINA; YANGTZE BASIN;

EID: 84860469635     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-011-0536-3     Document Type: Article

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