Conditioning model output statistics of regional climate model precipitation on circulation patterns

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 623-633

  Wetterhall, F ^a,b   Pappenberger, F ^a,c   He, Y ^d   Freer, J ^e   Cloke, H L ^a,f  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; DOWNSCALING; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 84882776162     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: 16077946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-19-623-2012     Document Type: Article

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