Assessment of summer extremes and climate variability over the north-east of North America as simulated by the Canadian Regional Climate Model

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1615-1627

  Roy, Philippe ^a   Gachon, Philippe ^a,b   Laprise, René ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Extremes; Kriging; North America; Regional climate modelling; Variability

Indexed keywords

EXTREMES; KRIGING; NORTH AMERICA; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELLING; VARIABILITY;

CLIMATE MODELS; INTERPOLATION; SOIL MOISTURE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; EXTREME EVENT; KRIGING; MOISTURE CONTENT; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SOIL MOISTURE; SUMMER;

CANADA;

EID: 84865767265     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.2382     Document Type: Article

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