Statistically downscaled probabilistic multi-model ensemble projections of precipitation change in a watershed

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1021-1032

  Hashmi, Muhammad Z ^a   Shamseldin, Asaad Y ^a   Melville, Bruce W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECTIONS; MULTI-MODEL ENSEMBLE; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSIONS; NON-LINEAR REGRESSION; PRECIPITATION CHANGE; PROBABILISTIC APPROACHES; STATISTICAL DOWNSCALING; STOCHASTIC WEATHER GENERATOR;

CLIMATE CHANGE; LANDFORMS; LASERS; LINEAR REGRESSION; WATERSHEDS;

STATISTICS;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; DOWNSCALING; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PROBABILITY; WATERSHED;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 84877920710     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.8413     Document Type: Article

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