Projection of future daily precipitation series and extreme events by using a multi-site statistical downscaling model over the great Montréal area, Québec, Canada

Hydrology Research

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 147-168

  Jeong, D I ^a   St Hilaire, A ^b   Ouarda, T B M J ^b   Gachon, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Extreme event; Multi site; Precipitation; Statistical downscaling model

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; DAILY PRECIPITATIONS; EMISSION SCENARIO; EXTREME EVENTS; FUTURE PROJECTIONS; HISTORICAL PERIODS; IPCC SRES; MULTI-SITE; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSIONS; PRECIPITATION TIME SERIES; RANDOMIZATION PROCEDURE; STATISTICAL DOWNSCALING;

CLIMATE CHANGE; LINEAR REGRESSION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SPACE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

LASERS;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; DOWNSCALING; EXTREME EVENT; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; STOCHASTICITY; TIME SERIES;

CANADA; MONTREAL; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 84874296102     PISSN: 00291277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/nh.2012.183     Document Type: Article

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