The weather generator used in the empirical statistical downscaling method, wettreg

Atmosphere

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 169-197

  Kreienkamp, Frank ^a   Spekat, Arne ^a   Enke, Wolfgang ^a  

^a Climate and Environment Consulting Potsdam GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate modeling; Empirical statistical downscaling; Environment to circulation; statistical climatology; Weather generator; Weather patterns

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS;

ENVIRONMENT-TO-CIRCULATION; STATISTICAL CLIMATOLOGIES; STATISTICAL DOWNSCALING; WEATHER GENERATOR; WEATHER PATTERNS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATOLOGY; DATA SET; DOWNSCALING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; SEASONALITY; TIME SERIES;

EID: 84885119954     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/atmos4020169     Document Type: Article

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