Bias correction of high resolution regional climate model data

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 448-449, Issue , 2012, Pages 80-92

  Berg, P ^a   Feldmann, H ^a   Panitz, H J ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bias correction; Climate; Regional climate model

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECT; ANNUAL CYCLE; BIAS CORRECTION; CALIBRATION DATA; CLIMATE; COMPLETE FUNCTIONS; CURRENT MODELS; DATA SETS; EQUALISATION; FIRST MOMENTS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGHER MOMENTS; LINEAR APPROXIMATIONS; LINEAR CORRECTIONS; LONG TIME SERIES; OBSERVATIONAL DATA; REASONABLE ACCURACY; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; SECOND MOMENTS; THEORETICAL APPROXIMATIONS;

CALIBRATION; STATISTICAL METHODS; TIME SERIES; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ANNUAL CYCLE; CALIBRATION; CLIMATE MODELING; CORRECTION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HISTOGRAM; REGIONAL CLIMATE; RESOLUTION; SAMPLING; TIME SERIES;

EID: 84862001403     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.04.026     Document Type: Article

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