A stepwise cluster analysis approach for downscaled climate projection - A Canadian case study

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 49, Issue , 2013, Pages 141-151

  Wang, Xiuquan ^a   Huang, Guohe ^a,b   Lin, Qianguo ^b   Nie, Xianghui ^a   Cheng, Guanhui ^a   Fan, Yurui ^a   Li, Zhong ^a   Yao, Yao ^a   Suo, Meiqin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Climate change; Downscaling; Impacts studies; Scenario; Stepwise cluster analysis

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC VARIABLES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS METHODS; COMPLEX RELATIONSHIPS; DOWN-SCALING; FUTURE CLIMATE PROJECTIONS; IMPACTS STUDIES; SCENARIO; STATISTICAL DOWNSCALING;

CALIBRATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA SET; DOWNSCALING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; TORONTO;

EID: 84884196622     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2013.08.006     Document Type: Article

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