Statistical downscaling of extreme daily precipitation, evaporation, and temperature and construction of future scenarios

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 26, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 3510-3523

  Yang, Tao ^a,d   Li, Huihui ^a   Wang, Weiguang ^a   Xu, Chong Yu ^b   Yu, Zhongbo ^c  

^a HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^d XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climate extremes; Projection; Scenarios; Statistical downscaling

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EXTREMES; COLD AIR; COUPLED MODELS; DAILY TEMPERATURES; DOWN-SCALING; DRIVING FORCES; EMISSION SCENARIO; EXTREME PRECIPITATION; EXTREME TEMPERATURES; NON-LINEARITY; NORTHERN CHINA; PAN EVAPORATION; PRECIPITATION EXTREMES; PROJECTION; RANDOMICITY; RIVER BASINS; SCENARIOS; SOUTH CHINA; STATISTICAL DOWNSCALING; TEMPERATURE EXTREMES; TROPICAL SYSTEMS; WARM AIR;

CLIMATE CHANGE; EVAPORATION; FLOODS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); STATISTICS; THUNDERSTORMS; WATERSHEDS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; DOWNSCALING; EVAPORATION; EXTREME EVENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

CHINA; DONGJIANG BASIN; GUANGDONG;

EID: 84867876033     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.8427     Document Type: Article

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