Downscaling of short-term precipitation from regional climate models for sustainable urban planning

Sustainability

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 866-887

  Olsson, Jonas ^a   Gidhagen, Lars ^a   Gamerith, Valentin ^b   Gruber, Günter ^b   Hoppe, Holger ^c   Kutschera, Peter ^d  

^a SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c Dr Pecher AG   (Germany)

^d AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

climate change; Intense precipitation; Urban hydrology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864317848     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su4050866     Document Type: Article

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