Intercomparison of bias-correction methods for monthly temperature and precipitation simulated by multiple climate models

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 23, 2012, Pages

  Watanabe, Satoshi ^a   Kanae, Shinjiro ^b   Seto, Shinta ^c   Yeh, Pat J F ^d   Hirabayashi, Yukiko ^a   Oki, Taikan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d Public Works Research Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STATISTICS;

BIAS CORRECTION; COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; CORRECTION METHOD; COUPLED MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HISTORICAL SIMULATION; INTERCOMPARISONS; MODEL SIMULATION; OBSERVED DATA; PRECIPITATION DATA; STANDARD DEVIATION;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE MODELING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION; DATA PROCESSING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HISTORICAL RECORD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

EID: 84871364602     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JD018192     Document Type: Article

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