Implementation and validation of Climak 3 weather generator

Italian Journal of Agrometeorology

Volumn , Issue 2, 2012, Pages 23-36

  Rocca, Alvaro ^a   Bashanova, Oxana ^a   Ginaldi, Fabrizio ^a   Danuso, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Climate change; Stochastic models; Validation; Weather generators

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864611246     PISSN: 18248705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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