Finding appropriate bias correction methods in downscaling precipitation for hydrologic impact studies over North America

Water Resources Research

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 4187-4205

  Chen, Jie ^a   Brissette, François P ^a   Chaumont, Diane ^b   Braun, Marco ^b  

^a ÉCOLE DE TECHNOLOGIE SUPÉRIEURE   (Canada)

^b Ouranos ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

bias correction method; hydrology; North America; precipitation; regional climate model

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; HYDROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); STREAM FLOW; TOPOGRAPHY; WATERSHEDS;

BIAS-CORRECTION METHODS; CORRECTED PRECIPITATION; HYDROLOGICAL IMPACTS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NORTH AMERICA; REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGES; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELING; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELING (RCM);

CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE MODELING; DOWNSCALING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; RIVER BASIN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; STREAMFLOW; TIME SERIES; TIMESCALE; WATERSHED;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84880380772     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wrcr.20331     Document Type: Article

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