Future changes in intense precipitation over Canada assessed from multi-model NARCCAP ensemble simulations

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1151-1163

  Mailhot, Alain ^a   Beauregard, Ian ^a   Talbot, Guillaume ^a   Caya, Daniel ^b   Biner, Sébastien ^b  

^a CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^b Consortium Ouranos ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Global climate model; Intense rainfall; Multi model ensemble; NARCCAP; Regional climate model

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION STRATEGIES; ANNUAL MAXIMA; CLIMATIC REGIONS; COASTAL REGIONS; ENSEMBLE SIMULATION; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; GRIDPOINTS; HISTORICAL SIMULATION; INTENSE PRECIPITATION; MULTI-MODEL; MULTI-MODEL ENSEMBLE; NARCCAP; NORTH AMERICAN; ONTARIO; REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGES; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; RETURN PERIODS; WATER INFRASTRUCTURE; WEST COAST;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; COASTAL ZONES; RAIN; WATER SUPPLY;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 84862704300     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.2343     Document Type: Article

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