Multisegment statistical bias correction of daily GCM precipitation output

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 3150-3162

  Grillakis, Manolis G ^a   Koutroulis, Aristeidis G ^a   Tsanis, Ioannis K ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

bias correction; climate change; climate model; global mean precipitation and extremes; transfer function

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

BIAS CORRECTION; BIAS-CORRECTION METHODS; CUMULATIVE DENSITY FUNCTIONS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GLOBAL PRECIPITATION; INFORMATION CRITERION; MEAN PRECIPITATION; PERFORMANCE ESTIMATOR;

LASERS;

ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TRANSFER FUNCTION;

EID: 84878155236     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50323     Document Type: Article

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