Projected changes to precipitation extremes for northeast Canadian watersheds using a multi-RCM ensemble

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 13, 2012, Pages

  Monette, A ^a   Sushama, L ^a   Khaliq, M N ^a,b   Laprise, R ^a   Roy, R ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c Ouranos consortium sur la climatologie régionale et l adaptation aux changements climatiques   (Canada)

^d HYDRO QUÉBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; LANDFORMS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER RESOURCES;

ATMOSPHERE OCEAN GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; ENSEMBLE-AVERAGED; ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTION; HYDRO-POWER GENERATION; INTERNAL DYNAMICS; LATERAL BOUNDARY; NORTH AMERICAN; PERFORMANCE ERROR; PRECIPITATION CHARACTERISTICS; PRECIPITATION EXTREMES; REANALYSIS; REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGES; REGIONAL FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; RETURN LEVEL; STRUCTURAL UNCERTAINTY;

WATERSHEDS;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATE MODELING; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; POWER GENERATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); WATER RESOURCE; WATERSHED;

CANADA;

EID: 84864037034     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JD017543     Document Type: Article

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