Projection of future rainfall for the North China Plain using two statistical downscaling models and its hydrological implications

Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1783-1797

  Liu, Wenbin ^a,b   Fu, Guobin ^c   Liu, Changming ^a   Song, Xiaoyan ^a,b   Ouyang, Rulin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

General circulation model (GCM); GLIMCLIM; NHMM; North China Plain; Runoff; Statistical downscaling

Indexed keywords

GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GLIMCLIM; NHMM; NORTH CHINA PLAIN; STATISTICAL DOWNSCALING;

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; HIDDEN MARKOV MODELS; RUNOFF; SOILS; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

RAIN;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DOWNSCALING; FUTURE PROSPECT; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MARKOV CHAIN; RAINFALL; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; SOIL PROFILE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA PLAIN;

EID: 84885023377     PISSN: 14363240     EISSN: 14363259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00477-013-0714-1     Document Type: Article

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