High-resolution multisite daily rainfall projections in India with statistical downscaling for climate change impacts assessment

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 3557-3578

  Salvi, Kaustubh ^a   Kannan, S ^a   Ghosh, Subimal ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; STATISTICS; TREES (MATHEMATICS); UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER RESOURCES;

CLASSIFICATION AND REGRESSION TREE; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; DYNAMIC DOWNSCALING; FUTURE PROJECTIONS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MODELING AND ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL DOWNSCALING; STATISTICAL RELATIONSHIP;

RAIN;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; DATA SET; DECISION MAKING; DOWNSCALING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; OROGRAPHY; RAINFALL; RESOLUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CANADA; INDIA; WESTERN GHATS;

EID: 84880280043     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.502802013     Document Type: Article

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