A pragmatic approach for the downscaling and bias correction of regional climate simulations: Evaluation in hydrological modeling

Geoscientific Model Development

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 759-770

  Marke, T ^a   Mauser, W ^b   Pfeiffer, A ^b   Zangl G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CORRECTION; DOWNSCALING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; REGIONAL CLIMATE; TEMPORAL PERIOD;

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EID: 84872398214     PISSN: 1991959X     EISSN: 19919603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-4-759-2011     Document Type: Article

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