Reducing overdispersion in stochastic weather generators using a generalized linear modeling approach

Climate Research

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 13-24

  Kim, Y ^a   Katz, R W ^b   Rajagopalan, B ^c   Podesta G P ^d   Furrer, E M ^e  

^a Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UCB 450   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Generalized linear model; Locally weighted scatterplot smoothing; Overdispersion; Stochastic weather generator

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; COVARIATES; GENERALIZED LINEAR MODEL; INTERANNUAL; INTERANNUAL TIME SCALE; LINEAR MODELING; MEAN TEMPERATURE; OVERDISPERSION; SCATTER PLOTS; SEASONAL MEAN; STOCHASTIC WEATHER GENERATOR; TEMPORAL TRENDS; TOTAL PRECIPITATION; WEATHER GENERATOR;

MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

AGGREGATES;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; DISPERSION; LINEARITY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PROBABILITY; STOCHASTICITY; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TIME SERIES; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ARGENTINA; BUENOS AIRES [ARGENTINA]; CORDOBA [ARGENTINA]; PAMPAS; PERGAMINO; PILAR;

EID: 84861644540     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: 16161572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr01071     Document Type: Article

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