Assessment of an analogue downscaling method for modelling climate change impacts on runoff

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 472-473, Issue , 2012, Pages 111-125

  Teng, J ^a   Chiew, F H S ^a   Timbal, B ^b   Wang, Y ^b   Vaze, J ^a   Wang, B ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Climate change impacts; Statistical downscaling; Streamflow

Indexed keywords

ANALOGUE METHOD; ATMOSPHERIC FIELDS; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; AUSTRALIA; CATCHMENT SCALE; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; CLIMATIC RESPONSE; DAILY RAINFALL; DOWN-SCALING; DOWNSCALING METHODS; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; HYDROLOGICAL MODELLING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; INFLATION FACTORS; LARGE REGIONS; LOW RESOLUTION; RAINFALL CHARACTERISTICS; RUNOFF CHARACTERISTICS; SCALING METHOD; SOUTHEAST AUSTRALIA; STATISTICAL DOWNSCALING;

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW;

RAIN;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CORRECTION; GLOBAL CLIMATE; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84868304329     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.09.024     Document Type: Article

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