Semantic array programming for environmental modelling: Application of the Mastrave library

iEMSs 2012 - Managing Resources of a Limited Planet: Proceedings of the 6th Biennial Meeting of the International Environmental Modelling and Software Society

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1167-1176

  De Rigo, Daniele ^a,b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Data transformation modelling; Environmental datasets; Local average invariant downscaling; Regional scale; Semantic array programming

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884649448     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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