Predictor selection for downscaling GCM data with LASSO

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 17, 2012, Pages

  Hammami, Dorra ^a   Lee, Tae Sam ^b   Ouarda, Taha B M J ^a,c   Le, Jonghyun ^d  

^a CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^b Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

^c KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^d Environmental Fluid Mechanics and Hydrology Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Stanford University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS;

CLASSICAL METHODS; COLLINEARITY; COMPLEX MODEL; COMPUTATIONAL ADVANTAGES; DATA ANALYSTS; DATA SETS; DETERMINATION COEFFICIENTS; DOWN-SCALING; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; LEAST ABSOLUTE SHRINKAGE AND SELECTION OPERATORS; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; REGRESSION METHOD; REGRESSION TECHNIQUES; STEPWISE REGRESSION;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA SET; DOWNSCALING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PREDICTION; RESOLUTION;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 84866690689     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JD017864     Document Type: Article

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