A new methodology for weighting high-resolution model simulations to project future rainfall in the Middle East

Climate Research

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 51-60

  Samuels, Rana ^a   Harel, Maayan ^a   Alpert, Pinhas ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Middle East rainfall; RCM; Weighted ensemble

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL STATIONS; CLIMATIC GRADIENTS; HIGH-RESOLUTION CLIMATE MODELS; HIGH-RESOLUTION MODELS; HISTORICAL DATA; MIDDLE EAST; RCM; WEIGHTED ENSEMBLE;

CLIMATE MODELS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RAIN;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; EXTREME EVENT; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 84880870514     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: 16161572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr01147     Document Type: Article

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