Statistical downscaling in climatology

Geography Compass

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 249-265

  Schoof, Justin T ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric circulation; Atmospheric processes; Climate; Climate dynamics and variability; Climatology; Global warming

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; CLIMATOLOGY; DOWNSCALING; GREENHOUSE GAS; INTERPOLATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOCHASTICITY; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84876883707     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gec3.12036     Document Type: Article

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