Description and validation of a two-step analogue/regression downscaling method

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 114, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 253-269

  Ribalaygua, J ^a   Torres, L ^a   Portoles J ^a   Monjo, R ^a   Gaitan E ^a   Pino, M R ^b  

^a Fundación Para la Investigación del Clima FIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD SAN JORGE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANALOG MODEL; DOWNSCALING; ERROR ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; IBERIAN PENINSULA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SPAIN;

EID: 84884586576     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-013-0836-x     Document Type: Article

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