Prediction of spring precipitation in China using a downscaling approach

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 118, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 79-93

  Liu, Ying ^a,b   Fan, Ke ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b China Meteorological Administration   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMETER; DOWNSCALING; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ERROR ANALYSIS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GEOPOTENTIAL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPRING (SEASON); WEATHER FORECASTING;

CHINA;

EID: 84866510564     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: 14365065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00703-012-0202-z     Document Type: Article

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