A nesting model for bias correction of variability at multiple time scales in general circulation model precipitation simulations

Water Resources Research

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Johnson, Fiona ^a   Sharma, Ashish ^b  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; AUTOCORRELATION COEFFICIENT; BIAS CORRECTION; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCHES; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL SIMULATIONS; HISTORICAL RECORDS; LOW FREQUENCY VARIABILITY; MULTIPLE TIME SCALE; NESTING MODELS; OBSERVED DATA; POST PROCESS; RAINFALL SIMULATIONS; STANDARD DEVIATION; TIME-SCALES; WATER RESOURCES SYSTEMS;

AUTOCORRELATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; RAIN; TIME MEASUREMENT; WATER RESOURCES;

CLIMATE MODELS;

AUTOCORRELATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; ERROR CORRECTION; EVAPORATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HISTORICAL RECORD; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIMESCALE; WATER RESOURCE;

EID: 84863393620     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011WR010464     Document Type: Article

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