Comparison of statistical methods for downscaling daily precipitation

Journal of Hydroinformatics

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1006-1023

  Muluye, Getnet Y ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Nearest neighbor; Neural network; Numerical weather prediction model output; Precipitation; Statistical downscaling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872391181     PISSN: 14647141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/hydro.2012.197     Document Type: Article

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