Optimising predictor domains for spatially coherent precipitation downscaling

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 4189-4208

  Radanovics, S ^a   Vidal, J P ^a   Sauquet, E ^a   Ben Daoud, A ^b   Bontron, G ^b  

^a CENTRE DE LYON VILLEURBANNE   (France)

^b CNR CACOH Compagnie Nationale du Rhône   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; CONTINUOUS RANKED PROBABILITY SCORES; GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS; GLOBAL CIRCULATION MODEL; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION MODELS; OPERATIONAL FORECASTS; STATISTICAL DOWNSCALING;

ALGORITHMS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ALGORITHM; ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DOWNSCALING; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GEOPOTENTIAL; MOUNTAIN REGION; OPTIMIZATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PROBABILITY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CEVENNES; FRANCE;

EID: 84887107232     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-17-4189-2013     Document Type: Article

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